Joan Didion's Quote - Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I th

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Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I th

Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought? – Joan Didion

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Im not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel. – Joan Didion

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To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves – there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. – Joan Didion

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The wind shows us how close to the edge we are. – Joan Didion

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A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. – G.K. Chesterton

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What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers. – Logan Pearsall Smith, “All Trivia,” Afterthoughts, 1931

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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. – John Cheever

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He that uses many words for the explaining any subject doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink. – John Ray

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I hope Im always learning something. – Kate Winslet

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A man is only a leader when a follower stands beside him. – Mark Brouwer

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