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Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist.

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You must love her because many have tried and failed. And she wants to know that she is worthy to be loved, that she is worthy to be kept.

Junot Díaz, This is How You Lose Her (via wordsnquotes)

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You told me tales of love and glory Same old sad songs, same old story The sirens sing no lullaby And no-one knows but Lorelei By castles out of fairytales Timbers shivered where once there sailed The lovesick men who caught her eye And no-one knew but Lorelei River, river have mercy Take me down to the sea For if I perish on these rocks My love no more I'll see I've thought of you in far-off places I've puzzled over lipstick traces So help me God, I will not cry And then I think of Lorelei I travel far and wander wide No photograph of you beside me Ol' man River's not so shy And he remembers Lorelei River, river have mercy Take me down to the sea For if I perish on these rocks My love no more I'll see If I should float upon this stream And see you in my madman's dream I'd sink into your troubled eyes And none would know 'cept Lorelei River, river have mercy Take me down to the sea For if I perish on these rocks My love no more I'll see But if my ship, which sails tomorrow Should crash against these rocks, My sorrows I will drown before I die It's you I'll see, not Lorelei River, river have mercy Take me down to the sea For if I perish on these rocks My love no more I'll see "Lorelei" by The Pogues

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All good books have one thing in common—they are truer than if they had really happened.

Ernest Hemingway

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Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.

Neil Gaiman

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detect my sudden existence on your sonar you feel the echo electrify the resistance in your broken heart and burn it up, oh we’re gonna photosynthesize and drink up the sunrise so do they ever shut up because you said so or do you overthink ’em all somebody ought to corrupt you on the dance floor and take you home show you all your daemons and desires and dark sides all of your colonies and continental divides let me uncover the silver in your dark hair the weight of your bones I want to witness the beauty of your repair the shape you’ve grown for you are made of nebulas and novas and night sky you’re made of memories you bury or live by so if you’re out there in the cold I’ll cover you in moonlight if you’re a stranger to your soul I’ll bring you to your birthright I want the storm inside you awoken now I want your warm bright eyes to never look away don’t you ever look away some nights we open up the flood and some nights we are lost and some nights we’re choking on the words but some we light on fire if you’re out there in the cold I’ll cover you in moonlight if you’re a stranger to your soul I’ll bring you to your birthright I want the storm inside you awoken now I want your warm bright eyes to come back to me and hold on to me you know I won’t lie I will never look away "Never Look Away" by Vienna Teng

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Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.

Harper Lee

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On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind—to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up.

Terry Brooks

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For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words.

Ken Follett

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And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right. We must earn life once it has been awarded us. Life asks for rewards back because it has favored us with animation. So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.

Ray Bradbury

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Write like you write, like you can’t help but write, and your voice will become yours and yours alone. It’ll take time but it’ll happen as long as you let it. Own your voice, for your voice is your own. Once you know where your voice lives, you no longer have to worry so much about being derivative.

Chuck Wendig

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Sneaking up on it sometimes helps: I’ve found I can be very productive for an hour before dinner, because there obviously isn’t enough time to really do anything, so I can tell myself I’m just screwing around.

Michael Crichton

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If you wish to be a writer, write.

Epictetus

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I think writer’s block is simply the dread that you are going to write something horrible. But as a writer, I believe that if you sit down at the keys long enough, sooner or later something will come out.

Roy Blount Jr.

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I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true—hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

Ray Bradbury

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I will probably write an hour a day and spend eight hours a day biting my knuckle and worrying about not writing.

David Foster Wallace

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