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Quote by Elias Canetti
The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even thoug

The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation. – Elias Canetti

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There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange. – Elias Canetti

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An author plants the alphabet — and harvests flowers, nourishment, and weeds. – Terri Guillemets

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I try to leave out the parts that people skip. – Elmore Leonard

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It’s not plagiarism — I’m recycling words, as any good environmentally conscious writer would do. – Uniek Swain

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