"When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life."

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"And there wasn't anything he wanted to do that he couldn't make time for. What did he have to mope about, really? What more did he want? Love, he could hear Eve saying. Purpose. Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can't plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don't happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?"

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"Eleanor had never thought about killing herself " ever " but she thought a lot about stopping."

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"An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind."

Karl Schlegel, German Philosopher

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"Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting."

P. G. Wodehouse, English Writer

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"The question isn't who will be with me in life, rather how will I create the ending I am proud of?"

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"If you have never met a woman that would never give up, then you have never met a woman that has seen miracles."

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"People who truly live their lives don't have time to complain or judge others. They're too busy enjoying life and love and everything in between!"

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"Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

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"You're dead, George. You just don't have the sense to lie down."

Stephen King, American Author

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"If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you."

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"Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time."

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"In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place."

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"At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done."

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

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"Eleanor had never thought about killing herself " ever " but she thought a lot about stopping."

"An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind."

"Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting."

"The question isn't who will be with me in life, rather how will I create the ending I am proud of?"

"If you have never met a woman that would never give up, then you have never met a woman that has seen miracles."

"People who truly live their lives don't have time to complain or judge others. They're too busy enjoying life and love and everything in between!"

"Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum."

"You're dead, George. You just don't have the sense to lie down."

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"The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression."

"If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you."

"Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time."

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"I always want to write something better than the last book."

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"In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place."

"I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in."

"At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done."