Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation. - Confucius

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I don't begin a novel until I have written, not just the last sentence, but usually, as a result thereof, many of the surrounding final paragraphs, so that in addition to knowing what happens, I know what the voice is.

Confucius

Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.

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