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21 " She was a poetry book with the wrong dust jacket, shelved in the Reference section. "
― Joyce Rachelle
22 " I often buy print books only after I've read them in some digital form or other. It's my odd way of keeping the physical presence of the best among multitudes. And I only have one shelf. "
23 " Non-fiction is to theory as fiction is to experience. "
24 " Books. It's always easier to tell people that a character is funny rather than attempt to hit the punchline of a joke that character would've said. But if we all simply told, books would cease to exist. And so would empathy. And feeling. "
25 " When I trust someone I do it without doubt or fear or reservation. And then I work on a Plan B. "
26 " Indifference destroys vocation unlike any other intangible force, for the reason that it shakes the very core of our motivation for doing what we do. "
27 " Much of what I learned about forgiveness I learned by inhabiting the lives of my characters. Even villains act with reasonable intent. Mercy is easier with understanding. Still, it helps that on paper I can kill them off. "
28 " If I exist, then surely there must be someone else out there like me. "
29 " Always make an effort to be around people who will help you grow. "
30 " Not all friends know they have lost you. "
31 " Remember the friends who stuck with you when they thought you had nothing. "
32 " If a normally kind, agreeable person makes an enemy of you, you ought to ask yourself why. "
33 " Yes you have returnedAnd things are as they wereBut this you cannot hide,A part of you has died. "
34 " You can only take too much in pursuit of something you don't really want. "
35 " When we get too comfortable, we stop dreaming. "
36 " If we didn't have nightmares, we wouldn't wake up every morning chasing our dreams. "
37 " If this cursed and fallen worldholds such beauty as what I see,Imagine the beauty of paradisethat's gladly waiting for me. "
38 " It is unjust, but only Christlike, to suffer persecution for doing what is right. "
39 " I write things down because my thoughts get too heavy in my head and it hurts my neck. "
40 " They always tell you to do what you love. But they forget to add that writing doesn't pay by the hour. "