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"One can find so many pains when the rain is falling."
"The hidden hand of contentment is in the rewards of the gratified. The hidden hand of bliss is in the rewards of the tranquil. The hidden hand of happiness is in the rewards of the elated. The hidden hand of joy is in the rewards of the jubilant."
"Love in fools is better than hate in the wise."
"If you get too close to the sun, you will burn; if you get too far, you will freeze: this is how it is with passion."
"Love is the greatest drug; joy is the strongest medicine; virtue is the noblest remedy; together, they are the greatest therapy."
"Love that hurts is better than hate that tickles."
"One who loves lives a thousand years in one day, one who hates only lives one day in a thousand years."
"Hate spreads in the direction it is blown, but love spreads in all directions."
"The universe acknowledges the value of your tears; for when it rains, it is shedding its own."
"When love enters your heart, hate is given an eviction notice."
Explore more quotes by Lynn Abbey
"A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story."
"Once you've invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story's grown to around a half-million words and can't be written as anything less than a trilogy."
"Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment."
"It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself."
"I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium."
"I'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published."
"Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet."
"I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre."
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