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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what w

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. – Anaïs Nin

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There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic. – Anaïs Nin

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Life
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Anaïs Nin
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I was thinking of my patients, and how the worst moment for them was when they discovered they were masters of their own fate. It was not a matter of bad or good luck. When they could no longer blame fate, they were in despair. – Anaïs Nin

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Confidence
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Anaïs Nin
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. – Francis Bacon

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Writing

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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Writing

A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end… but not necessarily in that order. – Jean Luc Godard

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Let’s hope the institution of marriage survives its detractors, for without it there would be no more adultery and without adultery two thirds of our novelists would stand in line for unemployment checks. – Peter S. Prescott

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Thats why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally. – Conrad Hall

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Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. – George Washington Carver

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He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply. – John Buchan

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I was always anti-marriage. I didnt understand monogamy. I couldnt figure out how that could last. And then I met Bryn and I started to understand the beauty of constancy and history and change and going on the roller coaster with someone – of having a partner in life. – Maria Bello

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