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Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

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His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did...more

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All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that ha...more

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You are going to die like a dog for no good reason

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Love is just another dirty lie. Love is ergoapiol pills to make me come around because you were afraid to have a baby. Love is quinine and quinine and...more

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All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

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I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and Strega and I explained, winefully, how we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such thin...more

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I’m trying in all my stories to get the feeling of the actual life across—not to just depict life—or criticize it—but to actually make it alive. So th...more

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The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

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The fun of talk is to explore, but much of it and all that is irresponsible should not be written. Once written you have to stand by it. You may have ...more

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If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if the writer is writing truly enoug...more

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You see, I am trying in all my stories to get the feeling of the actual life across - not to just depict life - or criticize it - but to actually make...more

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The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.

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The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the v...more

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No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.