Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what … - James Stephens

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A typical agent in New York gets 400 query letters a month. Of those, they might ask to read 3-4 manuscripts, and of those, they might ask to represent 1.

James Stephens

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

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What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.

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We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.

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A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.

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Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory

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Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.

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