17 Quotes by Judith Thurman

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    Even after several hospitalizations for alcohol and drug-related nervous breakdowns, poet Edna St. Vincent Millay defined sobriety as restricting her daily intake of liquor to a liter and a half of wine.

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    We have one life to live - and one chance to live it in the richest way possible.

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    The border between editing and ghostwriting is, at its extremes, a bit porous. An editor really improves and sometimes restructures a manuscript and suggests changes.

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    A mad person sees what isn't there; A visionary sees what isn't there yet

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    Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you’ve never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground.

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  • Author Judith Thurman
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    A mad person sees what isn’t there; A visionary sees what isn’t there yet.

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  • Author Judith Thurman
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    We have one life to live – and one chance to live it in the richest way possible.

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