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What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. РAndr̩ Gide

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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. РAndr̩ Gide

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Hypocrisy
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André Gide
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I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress. РAndr̩ Gide

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Adversity
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Is a stolen copyright a copywrong? – Anonymous

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Writing

I would always be that same maddening, monstrous mixture of pedantry, egoism, politeness, selfishness, kindliness, sneakiness, larkiness, sociability, loneliness, ambition, ordered calm and hidden intensity. I would cover my life with words. I would spray the whole bloody world with words. – Stephen Fry (b.1957), Moab is my Washpot #INFJ

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Writing

Write your first draft with your heart. Re-write with your head. – From the movie Finding Forrester

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Writing

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

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Writing

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I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion. – William Shakespeare

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Death

It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is – like Verdi said – working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestras collective qualities emerge. – James Levine

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communication

My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man. – Alvin Ailey

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sad

Life is lived on the edge. – Will Smith

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Life