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Because his art is sucha difficult one, the writer is not likely to advance in the worldas visibly a...

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Trapped. Sinking. Can't be myself. Made into what other people expect. Is that everyone's fate? Were...

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A Jewish man with his parents alive is half the time a helpless infant!

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as...

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The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

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Sylvia PlathThe Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

I am drowning in negativism, self-hate, doubt, madness - and even I am not strong enough to deny the...

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Sylvia PlathThe Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our...

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Who hasn't asked himself, am I a monster or is this what it means to be human?

Speed eliminates all doubt. Am I smart enough? Will people like me? Do I really look all right in th...

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We don't have time for such uncertainty because it reliably breeds indecision, and indecision is one...

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Dean KoontzOdd Interlude: A Special Odd Thomas Adventure

He recalls a lot of family worry about what he was going to do, and while he still sent in the occas...

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I had some ambition. I meant everything to be different with me. I thought I had more strength and m...

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The hardest period in life is one’s twenties. It’s a shame because you’re your most gorgeous, and yo...

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