"Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever."

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Source : Will Self's rules for writers, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2010.

Will Self

#Notebook Quotes #Memories Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Peeta and I had adjoining cells in the capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams.”
“The dove, O hawk, that has once been wounded by thy talons, is frightened by the least movement of a wing. [Lat., Terretur minimo pennae stridore columba Unguibus, accipiter, saucia facta tuis.]”
“The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.”
“Life is like a bowl of spaghetti. Every once in a while, you get a meatball.”
“It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.”

Source : Speech, Rochester, N.Y., 25 Oct. 1858
“The most valuable moments and experiences that life has to offer are found only along its most treacherous paths.”
“O heart the winds have shaken, the unappeasable host Is comelier than candles at Mother Mary's feet.”
“Plexi, plexi, bend don't shatter. Once you're broken, shape won't matter.”

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