"Whoever would write books? It's suffering as well as greatly satisfying. And certainly there's suffering in the sense that you don't know for a long time how to do it."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Alice Mattison

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Long Quotes

“You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.”
“Reading for pleasure isnâ€™t separate from learning to read.”
“The concept of war crimes is an American invention.”
“Surrounding yourself with inspiring people is now just as important as being talented or working hard.”
“If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.”
“It did not last: the devil howling "Ho! Let Einstein be!" restored the status quo.”

Source : "In Continuation of Pope on Newton" l. 1 (1926) See Pope 11
“Why is it our failures only show us more clearly the people we are failing?”
“May we all be doomed to a happy life.”

Source : Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.7, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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