"The writer labors in isolation, yet all that intensive, lonely work is in the service of communicating, is an attempt to reach another person."

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Source : Betsy Lerner (2016). “The Forest for the Trees: An editor's advice to writers”, p.6, Pan Macmillan

Betsy Lerner

#Lonely Quotes #Isolation Quotes #Communicate Quotes

“It's like running away to join the circus, everyone wants to do it when they're young but then you grow up and get a proper job. But somebody's got to do it or you wouldn't have the circus.”
“Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing.”
“Self-loathing is the silent hemorrhaging of the soul. You don't feel or see the life force fleeing until it's not longer there, and then, of course, it's too late.”
“People forget I started on TV as a 7-stone 12-year-old - I'm bound to have changed. I've just grown up and filled out. I haven't been hammering it in the gym, and I haven't been thinking, 'Right, I need to look good.'”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“Your enemies, your critics, the people that are trying to push you down-God can use them to push you up.”
“It is evidently necessary to generate and test candidates for solutions in some systematic manner.”
“If it weren't for a new rule that came into being, we'd have played three years in a row in the championship game.”
“The gospel is NOT preached if Christ is not preached.”

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