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The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. - T.S. Eliot

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. – T.S. Eliot

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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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Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason. They made no such demand upon those who wrote them. – Charles Caleb Colton

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I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for the plays of William Shakespeare, but all they got was the collected works of Francis Bacon. – Bill Hoest (1926–1988)

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Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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I remember thinking, Thats what I need – and that hope was in Jesus Christ. – Willie Aames

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