"Sometimes if there's a book you really want to read, you have to write it yourself."

-- Ann Patchett

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“But he was not kidnapped. ... It's in his imagination. He creates his own world and he believes it is reality.”
“E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start reading it five minutes later.”
“There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.”
“To realize that one is really alone, gives new courage to the person. Discovery of truth is a journey, a voyage on which one has to launch alone. You cannot impose the inquiry of truth in the heart of your partner. You cannot compel your partner to have the same intensity or the same depth of inquiry. So irrespective of where you are, the voyage has to be launched upon alone. Taking the inward journey and arriving at silence, is a voyage in solitude.”
“We do all kinds of things to remain beautiful yet we spend surprisingly little time taking care of what matters most: the way our mind functions.”
“On the prairie one can see the colour of the air.”
“Do I catch flak because I'm so much smarter than everyone else? I don't know.”
“Despite popular conviction, a writer needn't wear black, be unshaven, sickly and parade around New York's East Village spewing aphorisms and scaring children.”

Source : Noah Lukeman (2010). “The First Five Pages: A Writer'S Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection P”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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