Michael Bywater famous quotes

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  • My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

  • The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.

  • Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.

  • It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.

  • History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.

  • Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.

  • We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us.

  • History is not history unless it is the truth.

  • There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.

  • My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.