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From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#ends #first #friends #homes #laughter

I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing? ↗

— Anne Tyler

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Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#falls #life #loss #possession #shadow

The microbe is so very small: You cannot take him out at all. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#him #out #small #take #very

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#door #everybody #his #insignificance #keep

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#attended #company #goodness #love #men

I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but I don't think it's supernatural. I think it's just that when characters are given enough texture and backbone, then lo and behold, they stand on their own. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#backbone #behold #characters #enough #given

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#artist #be grateful #beyond #grace #grateful

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#america #american #american culture #business #centre

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely. ↗

— Anne Tyler

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