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Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day.
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He was violating the second rule of the two rules for getting on well with people that speak Spanish; give the men tobacco and leave the women alone
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The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before, and not too damned much after.
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There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only one you.
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I wish I had died before I ever loved anyone but her.
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Fascism is a lie told by bullies.
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Experiencing differences is crucial to the human condition. Especially when that difference is over the head, blower powder.
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This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don't want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste.
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My writing is nothing, my boxing is everything.
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