"He is a writer. He makes the rest of them nervous."

Tension, Writing, Identity, Fear, Power

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"He is a writer. He makes the rest of them nervous."

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"Her suspense was terrible."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

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"A silence absorbed them both " a lack of sound so potent it blackened the place with something richer than hate."

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"No. No, I don't want my hands restrained."Yes. You do."

Cherise Sinclair, American Author

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"These groups followed some solitary passer-by, hurrying his steps; one after another the doors were closed, one after."

Alexandre Dumas, French Dramatist

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"I hope he doesn't know he just touched my leg.And nothing happened."

Tahereh Mafi, Iranian Author

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"Tension means you want to be something else that you are not."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

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"There is sitting and there is sitting. (...) Each one waits for the other to move, but the lion is poised, his tail twitching, while the fawn is frozen by fear, bowels turned to belly. No matter which way he bounds, the lion will have him, and he knows it."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

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"It took me a lifetime."

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"It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you."

Trust

"Mine was a patchwork God, sewn together from bits of rag and ribbon, Eastern and Western, pagan and Hebrew, everything but the kitchen sink and Jesus."

Religion

"I like to think that Henry James said his classic line, "A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost," while looking for his glasses, and that they were on top of his head."

Awareness

"It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a few inches of light to stand in and makes everything work as well as possible. All of us lurch and fall, sit in the dirt, are helped to our feet, keep moving, feel like idiots, lose our balance, gain it, help others get back on their feet, and keep going."

Humanity

"There may be a Nurse Ratched-like listing of things that must be done right this moment: foods that must come out of the freezer, appointments that must be canceled or made, hairs that must be tweezed. But you hold an imaginary gun to your head and make yourself stay at the desk."

Discipline

"When you don't have enough or you run out, you feel in your core that the leak has begun and there will be no end to the leakage. And this makes you feel like a chump. Whereas having some money gives you the conviction that you're not naked in the howling wind, even though you basically are, existentially."

Wealth

"Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath."

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"And I guess when you take away the resentment and disappointment, it's that simple. It is what we do in families: we help, because we were helped."

Belonging

"Now, practically even better news than that of short assignments is the idea of shitty first drafts. All good writers write them."

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"I wish I had thrown out the bathroom scale at age 16. Weighing yourself every morning is like waking up and asking Dick Cheney to validate your sense of inner worth."

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