Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
George Orwell
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. George… Continue Reading →
Sometimes I’ll jot things down before I start, though. But normally I only find out what it’s about and what’s happening when it’s being written.
Neil Gaiman (link)
Sometimes I’ll jot things down before I start, though. But normally I only find out what it’s about and what’s happening when it’s being written. Neil Gaiman (link)
There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.
P. G. Wodehouse
There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature. P. G. Wodehouse
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. Neil Gaiman, Coraline
There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.
J.R.R. Tolkien
There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for. J.R.R. Tolkien
There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
George Orwell
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
Not all those who wander are lost.
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Not all those who wander are lost. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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