"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."

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

Noah Lukeman

#New York Quotes #Children Quotes #Black Quotes

“If we put our soul into our work, if, rather than just going through the motions, what we do flows from the deepest part of our being, then after a burst of creativity, we need to replenish our souls.”
“When we've got the puck, they can't score.”
“All think what other people think; All know the man their neighbor knows. Lord, what would they say Did their Catullus walk that way?”
“Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
“The individual who no longer has a rigid mind has found freedom. Life can be so easy. Refuse to let go and you are a person drowning; the more you struggle, the faster you sink.”
“To discover one's own spiritual poverty is to achieve a positive conquest by the spirit.”

Source : William Barrett (2011). “Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy”, p.46, Anchor
“Rush Limbaugh is not the arbiter of what's good taste or what American opinions or morals should be.”

Source : Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com
“April ... hath put a spirit of youth in everything.”

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