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no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed


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Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.

Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.



I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.

I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.



The interior of a teenager’s mind is an endless war between Stupid and Clever.

The interior of a teenager’s mind is an endless war between Stupid and Clever.



Predisposition is not predestination.

Predisposition is not predestination.



An emotion is a thought, yes, an idea, but it is also a sensation, an ache in your body. Desire, love, hate, fear, repulsion - you feel these things in your muscle and bones, not just in your mind.

An emotion is a thought, yes, an idea, but it is also a sensation, an ache in your body. Desire, love, hate, fear, repulsion - you feel these things in your muscle and bones, not just in your mind.



You know, being confident isn't the same as being right.

You know, being confident isn't the same as being right.



We move through time like a man in a rowboat, looking back even as we move forward.

We move through time like a man in a rowboat, looking back even as we move forward.



Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.

Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.



You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time.

You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time.



There are many more ways to be attractive than to be beautiful.

There are many more ways to be attractive than to be beautiful.





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Get a backbone, not a wishbone.

Get a backbone, not a wishbone.



I grew up as a reader as well as a movie-lover, so many of the novelists I admired - and so many of the great filmmakers I loved - were self-taught.

I grew up as a reader as well as a movie-lover, so many of the novelists I admired - and so many of the great filmmakers I loved - were self-taught.



...from schools to universities to research institutes, we teach about origins in disconnected fragments. We seem incapable of offering a unified account of how things came to be the way they are.

...from schools to universities to research institutes, we teach about origins in disconnected fragments. We seem incapable of offering a unified account of how things came to be the way they are.



I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.



Nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children.

Nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children.



L'homme est une passion inutile. Man is a useless passion.

L'homme est une passion inutile. Man is a useless passion.



The only way to quieten me is to invite me to a tennis match.

The only way to quieten me is to invite me to a tennis match.



The thing is to be able to outlast the trends.

The thing is to be able to outlast the trends.



Curiosity is the mother of science, wonder is the mother of spirituality.

Curiosity is the mother of science, wonder is the mother of spirituality.




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