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"Most of us don't live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented."
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"Your voice could go to where your feet could not go."
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"The main thing about ghosts " most of them have lost their voices. In Asphodel, millions of them wander around aimlessly, trying to remember who they were. You know why they end up like that? Because in life they never took a stand one way or another. They never spoke out, so they were never heard. Your voice is your identity. If you don't use it,' Nico said with a shrug, 'you're halfway to Asphodel already.' He hated when his own advice applied to himself."
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"They may not like what you have to say, but it is better to express how you feel."
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"Smiling Bloopers Insincere smiling can backfire! (Different from a shy smile that just beckons a friendly "hello.") Transitioning from a smile to a straight face, too quickly, may give others the impression that you are fake or do not like them. Going overboard and smiling all the time, especially when it is inappropriate, will make you appear insincere. If your mouth smiles, but your eyes don't, there is a disconnect that can make you appear less authentic and trustworthy."
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"Look at the single words below; wear these emotions on your face for just a moment. Try them on for size and note how they make you feel:Happiness. Fear. Anger. Sadness. Contempt. Surprise. Disgust.These are the basic human emotions which communicate with clear understanding across cultures, languages, and countries. In other words, a smile naturally conveys happiness and a frown naturally conveys sadness, no matter where you may be using your passport."
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"It's not really outstanding when you're standing outOutcry is the only outburst,if you can't shout."
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"Words can be honed to crafted perfection by the finest wordsmiths. Yet, if we trust solely in the expanse of them to explain this God of ours or articulate our experience of Him, we will have brutally destroyed the very things we are attempting to explain. And if I should do that, no words can describe how badly I wish I had no words."
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"Oh... I just leave it......Words have as much weight as trying to jump from the 123333333334 Floor without a parachute and to be alive."
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"Unleash your mighty words, and with them, recreate a new and more beautiful world for all."
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"When they were in school, Peter used to say that everything you do is a self-portrait. It might look like 'Saint George and the Dragon' or 'The Rape of the Sabine Women,' but the angle you use, the lighting, the composition, the technique, they're all you. You are every color and brushstroke."
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"There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off."
Joy
"The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story."
Reading
"I love Chekhov. I could go on all day about him."
Love
"One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love."
Love
"Of course it's why you want to become a writer - because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it."
Liberty
"There are writers who do start doing the same thing again and again and almost inevitably fall into self-parody."
Self
"Because I don't have to be careful of people's feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I'm teaching writing."
People
"Perhaps that is why the novel flourished in England. You had these communities that would stay put and people would see one another all the time and cause one another to change and have the opportunity to observe the changes over time."
Change
"It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time."
Time
"Work for most people is really very social, and the actual thinking is often done in community."
Work
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