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"It’s a funny thing about coming home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You’ll..."

“It’s a funny thing about coming home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You’ll realize what’s changed is you.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

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"The Japanese words ‘tatemae’ and ‘honne’ described my relationship with..."

“The Japanese words ‘tatemae’ and ‘honne’ described my relationship with church beautifully. While my parents had gone for the social connections and whatnot—as they were just as infatuated with public perception as I was—I had actually enjoyed learning about the Word of God at the small, evangelical Christian church of my childhood. I knew all the worship songs by heart, memorized Bible verses in a big room with stained-glass windows, and even went to Vacation Bible School for a couple of su...

First Book

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by Michael White

I confess I love it when writers publish their first books, and then post photos of the book in the box it came in, or of themselves or their friends posing with the book, pretending to read it in coffee shops, at the beach or poolside. It reminds me of those first thrills, when life feels real all of a sudden. Sometimes I might wonder if there is a little too much ego or promotion in these posts, but mostly this is overruled in my mind. Because I remember the...

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"One of the truest pleasures for the writer alone in a room is when our characters surprise us by..."

“One of the truest pleasures for the writer alone in a room is when our characters surprise us by doing something unexpected.”

- Dani Shapiro,Still Writing

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