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1 " You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing— your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky thing about fiction writing; a certain amount of vanity is necessary to be able to do it all, but any vanity above that certain amount is lethal. "
― David Foster Wallace , Both Flesh and Not: Essays
2 " A novel is a tricky thing to map. "
― Reif Larsen , The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
3 " Authentic apology is a tricky thing to pull off in politics, which is why it so seldom occurs. Plausible deniability must be preserved. True contrition has to be displayed. Traitors to the cause must be immediately be jettisoned. Most of all, the goal is to stop the bleeding. "
