“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.” 
― Lloyd Alexander

“You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.” 
― Saul Bellow

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Yes, I'm a blondie. Yes, I should probably learn how pose in a picture better. Thank you, I know I'm pretty kick ass and gorgeous. 

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“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.” 
― E.L. Doctorow

“The human race is unimportant. It is the self that must not be betrayed."

"I suppose one could say that Hitler didn't betray his self."

"You are right. He did not. But millions of Germans did betray their selves. That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good.” 
― John Fowles, The Magus

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Cheers to those who write their wildest fantasies and craziest schemes; and blessings to those who read and go along with it. 

The ache of you're fingers after scribbling away too long, and the satisfying stain on your fingers from pushing too hard. Kiss the ink away and hopefully you'll get a taste of what it was like to write all of those words.
 
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“A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.” 
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.” 
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“As a rule, we don't like to feel to sad or lonely or depressed. So why do we like music (or books or movies) that evoke in us those same negative emotions? Why do we choose to experience in art the very feelings we avoid in real life?"