"James Blish told me I had the worst case of "said bookism" (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue). He told me to limit the verbs to said, replied, asked, and answered and only when absolutely necessary."

-- Anne McCaffrey

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“Conscience is justice's best minister; it threatens, promises, rewards, and punishes and keeps all under control; the busy must attend to its remonstrances, the most powerful submit to its reproof, and the angry endure its upbraidings. While conscience is our friend all is peace; but if once offended farewell the tranquil mind.”
“And for a price, I will pretend absolutely nothing.”
“We need patient people who are able to endure the toughest disciplines.”
“Prayer that runs its course till the last day of life needs a strong and tranquil soul.”
“Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone.”
“If a woman knows a man to be a libertine, yet will, without scruple, give him her company, he will think half the ceremony between them is over; and will probably only want an opportunity to make her repent of her confidence in him.”
“As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.”

Source : Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. July 11, 2005.
“Veganism is the application of the principle of abolition in your own life; it represents your recognition that animals are not things. Veganism is the recognition of the moral personhood of nonhuman animals.”

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