"Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide."

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Source : Larry L. King (1987). “None but a blockhead: on being a writer”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

Larry L. King

#Eye Quotes #Writing Quotes #Leaving Quotes

“Youâ€™d best ask the lady boffin, sir,â€ Newkirk said. â€œMidshipmen arenâ€™t allowed to have opinions.”
“Fear is a belief - beliefs can be changed.”
“It isn't enough to just be on the journey; we must be awake to our duty and continue with faith as we draw upon the comforting, strengthening, enabling, and healing power of the Atonement.”
“Many errors, of a truth, consist merely in the application of the wrong names of things.”
“Some say that I was once uncommonly beautiful, but I wouldn't wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom, and who chooses not the hands that claim her.”

Source : Lawrence Hill (2008). “Someone Knows My Name: A Novel”, p.16, W. W. Norton & Company
“I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides.”
“Surely education has no meaning unless it helps you understand the vast experience of life with all its subtleties, with its extraordinary beauty, its sorrows and joys. You may earn degrees, you may have a series of letters after your name and land a good job, but then what? What is the point of it all if in the process your mind becomes dull, weary, stupid?”
“Interest in certain themes doesn't mandate a personal stake or personal experience of those themes. I've killed people in plays, but no one asks me what it's like to kill people.”

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