"Writing is a marathon, not a sprint."

-- Robert McKee

#Writing Quotes #Marathon Quotes #Sprint Quotes

“Gormenghast, that is, the main massing of the original stone, taken by itself would have displayed a certain ponderous architectural quality were it possible to have ignored the circumfusion of those mean dwellings that swarmed like an epidemic around it s Outer Walls.”
“Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.”

Source : Time Magazine (New York), November 11, 1974.
“If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.”
“I started working on trying to sound like June from the very beginning.”
“When our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal with what is troubling us, so that we can enjoy the simple joy of being happy and at peace with ourselves.”
“Really I don't know anything other than Jersey. I like the dirtiness of it. Now I'm getting to see the world, and it's great, but it's not better than Jersey.”
“It seems that everyone has their own inexplicable fear to have nightmares about. We need nightmares to keep ourselves entertained, and fend off the contentment that we all fear and abhor so much.”
“Jesus Christ.â€ The fury on Nickâ€™s face was enough to send me reeling and he hit the table hard enough with his hand that it made the plates and the silverware on the table bounce and clatter. â€œYou give me the names and approximate location of those men who gave you that ultimatum and Iâ€™ll kill every ***** one of them.â€ I sighed before I said quietly. â€œI already did.”

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