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thepersonalwords · 2 months ago
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Many writers write because they’ve been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers
Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity
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usefulquotes7 · 3 months ago
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It's good to write badly. Things can only get better. Alan Dapre, The Finders
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thepersonalquotes · 2 months ago
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If I had time, money and knowledge I could write about everything; but no problem, Google is already doing it
Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity
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asthedeathoflight · 1 month ago
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Still thinking about none houses left grief, and while I understand where people are coming from, "it took me out of the world" is just... Really not a relevant criticism here. Like, that line is SUPPOSED to be jarring. It is supposed to be kind of darkly funny, but the point isnt for you to laugh. Its not trying to be a punchline. The point of that line IS to "take you out of the world" because the point is that *this world isn't what you thought it was.*
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theoptia · 1 month ago
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Clementine von Radics, from “Letter from Anaïs Nin to Clementine von Radics”
Text ID: For women who are tied to the moon, love alone is not enough.
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maeswrites · 8 months ago
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to say i miss you doesn't even begin to capture the despair your absence has brought me.
— mae s. (journal entry to the one i still love)
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baby-girl-aaron-dessner · 1 year ago
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Poetry on Palestine
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wolkenleere · 1 year ago
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And I wondered what it was like to be chosen. I was never chosen. I was a maybe, a probably, sometimes even a definitely but never the one, never the chosen one.
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zelkam · 3 months ago
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"A-Cheng, come over here."
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ao3-crack · 1 year ago
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thepersonalwords · 2 months ago
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Every book has its ancestors
Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom
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usefulquotes7 · 5 months ago
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You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened… or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move on. Tupac Shakur
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quotelr · 6 months ago
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If you know the art of being happy with simple things, then you know the art of having maximum happiness with minimum effort!
Mehmet Murat ildan
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coldemergency · 6 months ago
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Voldemort: Harry, I need you to give me my snake back
Harry: No! It’s my weekend, we have shared custody!
Voldemort: Nagini is not your child, she is a highly intelligent, extremely terrifying and deadly creature-
Nagini: boop the snoot
Harry: Aww, who’s my little danger noodle?
Voldemort:
Voldemort: What have you done to her
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vero-niche · 8 months ago
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who lives who dies who tells your story
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novlr · 1 year ago
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“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” — Terry Pratchett
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