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When many story-tellers occupy themselves with a social world which offers no great variety of lively action, their stories will probably resemble one another as to many of the major incidents, and if they draw on these limited resources like spend thrifts such resemblances will be inevitable--and therefore not significant. ↗

— Mary Lascelles

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As writers we intend to make a difference, to alter people's lives for the greater good. . .this is why we write, to have an impact on society, to put a personal stamp on history. . .Art and literature are the legacies we leave to succeeding generations. We'll be forgotten, but our books and essays, our stories and poems can survive us. . . ↗

— Lee Gutkind

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You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

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To a young heart everything is fun. ↗

— Charles Dickens

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I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you can’t do it alone. ↗

— John Cheever

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With my career I want to either make something or make an impact. Writers both make something, and make an impact.
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— Jarod Kintz

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Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I'd rather boast about the ones I've read. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

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