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A good writer always works at the impossible.

John Steinbeck

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

John Steinbeck

One does not consider style, because style is.

Robert Stone

can only write about what bites you.

Tom Stoppard

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, and familiar things new.

William Makepeace Thackeray

As to the adjective: when in doubt, strike it out.

Mark Twain

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter-'tis the difference between the lightning bug and lightning.

Mark Twain

All styles are good except the tedious kind.

Voltaire

The adjective is the enemy of the noun.

Voltaire

You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.

Voltaire

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Love Quote

Nearly all human beings love, but nearly none know how to love.

- Eugenio Maria de Hostos

Humorous Quote

Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources

- Albert Einstein

Relationship Quote

Never have a companion who casts you in the shade.

- Baltasar Gracian

Happiness Quote

Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything.

- Oscar Wilde

Friend Quote

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

- Brandi Snyder

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