"When you sleep in your cloak there 's no lodging to pay."

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Source : George John Whyte-Melville (1871). “M. Or N.: "Similia Similibus Curantur."”, p.76

George Whyte-Melville

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“Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing an instrument or learning to dance.”
“For more than two centuries, the defenders of liberty have put their lives on the line, because they have known that we cannot take our freedoms for granted.”
“Living did not become a problem until Man refused to listen to the inner voice. When he returns to listening He will seize to labor for the means of living, but will work for the joy of creating. Through His word He will find that He can move upon the all loving and all enfolding substance of God, and bring into visibility every idea he holds in thought.”
“I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.”
“If you imitate the forms of a single artist through constant practice, your intelligence would have to be crude indeed for you not to get some nourishment from them.”
“The heart of another is a dark forest.”
“When I drank, the part that felt dangerous and needy grew bright and strong and real. The part that coveted love kicked into gear. The yes grew louder than the no.”
“If God wanted teenagers to be abstinent, puberty would begin at twenty.”

Source : "The Replacement". Play by Jacob M. Appel, 2008.

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