For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel … - Howard Nemerov

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Hate is all that keeps us alive when love is gone. You’re almost there. Not quite ready to let it go yet.

Howard Nemerov

For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again.

Class, Conscientious, Literature, Retail, Serious

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Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.

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A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

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When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all.

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This Constitutional Republic called America is an historic aberration. Any honest student of history will note that the prevailing socio-economic system is feudalism, where a tiny minority control the vast majority of wealth, power, and resources. In doing so, they have absolute control over the 99% of the population. Power equals control.

Absolute, America, Constitutional, Historic, Majority, Tiny

Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.

Free, Knows, Should, Time, Write, Writing

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At what age should one marry? As a rule of thumb, perhaps not until you are past the age of feeling strongly that you must marry.

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She has often felt that her outsides were too dull for her insides, that deep within her there was something better than what everyone else could see.

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Kim Harrison

Hate is all that keeps us alive when love is gone. You’re almost there. Not quite ready to let it go yet.

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John Irving

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.

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Corinne Maier

Corporations never actually mention 'money'; that would be vulgar. They prefer such words as 'turnover,' 'profit,' 'salary,' 'revenue,' 'budget,' 'premium,' and 'savings,' all much more refined.

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