"I'm sure all that you've heard is just the usual gossip, invented to injure feelings rather than illuminate truth."

Society, Gossip, Truth, Observation, Emotion

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"I'm sure all that you've heard is just the usual gossip, invented to injure feelings rather than illuminate truth."

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"Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart."

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"Getting the first draft finished is like pushing a very dirty peanut across the floor with your nose."

Creativity

"Because nothing between human beings is uncomplicated and there's no way to speak of human beings without simplifying and misrepresenting them."

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"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul."

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"Dominique (who, like other Catamount girls, had a cache of pills for every occasion) offered me a bennie- Benzedrine?- to elevate my spirits. Adamantly I told her, No thanks! I wanted to face what's called reality with my eyes open.I've made that a principle for my life. Sometimes I wonder if this has been a wise decision."

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