"You may be able to write a novel, you may not. You will never know until you have worked very hard indeed and written at least part of it. You will never really know until you have written the whole of it and submitted it for publication."

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Source : Ngaio Marsh (1996). “Death on the Air and Other Stories”, HarperCollins Publishers

Ngaio Marsh

#Writing Quotes #Able Quotes #May Quotes

“Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you, but what happens inside of you.”
“African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obama's left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss.”
“Online petitions are built around getting as many signatures as possible. But the experience of taking them and forgetting about them degrades the importance.”
“An important function of the Supreme Court is to provide guidance, .. As a lower court judge, I appreciate clear guidance from the Supreme Court.”
“It is hardly a moral act to encourage others patiently to accept injustice which he himself does not endure.”
“I regret that I should leave this world without again beholding him.”
“Opinions, from experts, cost money.”
“Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate”

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