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What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the

What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike

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Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another days progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper. – John Updike

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It rots a writers brain, it cretinises you. You say the same thing again and again, and when you do that happily youre well on the way to being a cretin. Or a politician. – John Updike

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Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. – Thích Nhất Hạnh

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If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance. – Andrea Boydston

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Fear is excitement without the breath. – Fritz Perls

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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. – Sanskrit Proverb

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I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature. – David Eddings

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