Writing doesn't come real easy to me. I couldn't write a novel in a year. It wouldn't be … - Charles Frazier

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People don't always remember what you say or even what you do, but they always remember how you make them feel.

Charles Frazier

Writing doesn't come real easy to me. I couldn't write a novel in a year. It wouldn't be readable. I don't let an editor even look at it until the second year, because it would just scare them. I just have to trust that all these scraps and dead-ends will find a way.

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Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons. Also freedom.

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We are not strong enough to stand up against endless grief, And yet pain is the constant drone of life. So if we are to have any happiness at all, it is only in the passing instant.

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Claim your space. Draw a circle of light around it. Push back against the dark. Don't just survive. Celebrate.

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She always carried a book, though, in case she needed to read a few pages to avoid unwanted conversation.

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No looking back. Life goes one way only, and whatever opinions you hold about the past having nothing to do with anything but your own damn weakness. Nothing changes what already happened. It will always have happened. You either let it break you down or you don't.

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