"With my writing, because I live it, I have to be consumed by it, and that means you have to forget your other life, which is constantly pulling you from your work."

-- Paullina Simons

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“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.”
“Bad excuses are worse than none.”
“Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again.”
“Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.”
“Everything I am is because of my mom.”
“I like irrational things. I like scenarios where I can think, 'It would be great if at this point we could do x.' And there doesn't have to be a reason for 'x'.”
“There is so much wretchedness in the world, that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our assistance; and, even should we be deceived, still the good to ourselves resulting from a kind act is worth more than the trifle by which we purchase it.”

Source : Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Julian Hawthorne (2015). “Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Letters, Diaries, Reminiscences and Extensive Biographies: Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned American Novelist, Author of “The Scarlet Letter”, “The House of Seven Gables” and “Twice-Told Tales””, p.371, e-artnow
“Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.”

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