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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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The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium. – Norbet Platt

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An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. – Gustave Flaubert

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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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If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. – Henry Rollins

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