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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation — the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline.”
― Peter De Vries, Reuben, Reuben

“I drink to make other people more interesting.”
― Hemingway, Ernest

“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

“I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I've lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

“He has the charm and charisma of a burning orphanage.”
― S.L. Rowland, Sentenced to Troll

“I continue to chop like a lumberjack on cocaine,”
― S.L. Rowland, Sentenced to Troll

“Obviously, I know nothing of the north or the blood mages. Or the Guard for that matter. You’ve lived that life, and I’m sorry I was so insensitive. I should be asking questions, not making assumptions.”
― S.L. Rowland, Cursed Cocktails

“He knelt next to Snort and caressed the direpig behind the ears. “Are you going to be a brave girl for me?” She oinked in response and her tail stuck straight up. “Good girl.”
― S.L. Rowland, Sword & Thistle

“It’s easy to forget that we’re all just trying to make it through the day sometimes.”
― S.L. Rowland, Curses & Cocktails

“There may be a beer for every occasion, but there is a wine for every mood.”
― S.L. Rowland, Curses & Cocktails

“You’re not good with compliments, are you?” There was a softness to the gnome’s voice.
Marigold met her eyes. “What gave it away?”
“I think you know.” Poppy chuckled. “But it’s okay, pobody’s nerfect.”
Marigold snorted. “Pobody’s nerfect. I’ve never heard that one before.”
“Some scholarly humor for you.” Poppy smiled. “We say it whenever someone makes an error or misquotes something.”
― S.L. Rowland, The Halfling's Harvest

“Woe unto anyone who tries to come between a halfling and the simple pleasures in life.”
― S.L. Rowland, The Halfling's Harvest