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    Max Hawthorne
    “Hone your writing skills as if they were your finest weapons of war. For in the literary arena, your pen will truly be your sword.”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: advice-for-authors, advice-for-writers, author-quotes, kronos-rising, max-hawthorne
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    Max Hawthorne
    “It never hurts to have karma in your corner.”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: inspirational, karma, max-hawthorne-quotes, philosophy-of-life, philosophy-quotes
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    Max Hawthorne
    “It is good to know one's enemy. It is better to know one's self.”
    ― Max Hawthorne, Kraken: Volume Two
    tags: max-hawthorne-quotes, military-quote, motivational-quotes
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    Max Hawthorne
    “The secret to my success is actually simple: I failed so many times that succeeding eventually became a mathematical certainty.”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: max-hawthorne-books, max-hawthorne-quotes, success, success-quotes
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    Max Hawthorne
    “Take a kid fishing. You'll capture their imagination.”
    ― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising
    tags: children-fishing, igfa, kronos-rising, kronosaurus, master-angler, max-hawthorne, pliosaur
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    Max Hawthorne
    “When it comes to creating compelling fiction, the devil may be in the details, but it is your imagination that ultimately allows your work to spread its wings and take flight. And fly it must. Only by soaring above the clouds of doubt can one truly achieve a suspension of disbelief”
    ― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising
    tags: advice-to-writers, max-hawthorne-books, personal-quote, writing-advice, writing-novels
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    Max Hawthorne
    “Reading consists of perusing razor-thin slices of perpetuity, wrenched from the heart of a murdered tree, and infused with the dark blood that swirls within the hidden depths of every writer's soul. It is their combined angst - the author's and the tree's - that we partake of when we immerse ourselves in the pages of a book.”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: kraken, kronos-rising, max-hawthorne, max-hawthorne-quotes
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    Max Hawthorne
    “A writer's mind is like a teapot. The words build up in your head until you just gotta let 'em out.”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: max-hawthorne-quotes, writing
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    Max Hawthorne
    “There are certain things money can't buy. Chief among these are manners, class, honor and integrity. Oh, and sanity. Let's not forget that one . . .”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: honor-and-integrity, manners-and-class, max-hawthorne-quotes, money-quotes
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    Max Hawthorne
    “Writer's Block: making authors miserable since the Stone Age.”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: kronos-rising, max-hawthorne-quotes, personal-quotes, stone-age-writing, writer-s-block, writing-advice
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    Max Hawthorne
    “The trouble with competitors' sycophants is they don't know where to put their tongues. Here's a suggestion: Try behind your teeth. With your mouth shut.”
    ― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising
    tags: kronos-rising, max-hawthorne, max-hawthorne-books, sycophants
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    Max Hawthorne
    “I saw a post the other day where someone wrote that, when they walk through a library, they touch the spines of all the books they’ve read as a way of greeting their favorite characters. Try that with one of my novels, and you’ll walk away counting your fingers!”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: max-hawthorne-quotes, writing-advice, writing-quotes
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    Max Hawthorne
    “To make love last, you've got to treat it like the ultimate poker hand; you've got to go all in.”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: gamblers-quote, life-quotes-inspirational-quotes, max-hawthorne-quotes, romantic-quotes
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    Max Hawthorne
    “Sometimes, I’ll craft a scene that’s so poignant; on the last keystroke I’ll raise my hands high overhead and scream “Yes!” at the top of my lungs. I have yet to experience an orgasm so powerful and fulfilling.”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: kronos-rising, max-hawthorne-quotes, memoirs-of-a-gym-rat, orgasms, passion-for-writing, writing-advice
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    Max Hawthorne
    “I don't believe in your God. And he sure as hell doesn't believe in me.”
    ― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising
    tags: faith, faith-quotes, kraken, kronos-rising
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    Max Hawthorne
    “Inspiration is like perspiration. It tends to strike at the most inopportune of times.”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: inspiration, inspirational-quotes, max-hawthorne-quotes, perspiration, sweat
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    Max Hawthorne
    “Is the pen really mightier than the sword? I suppose that depends on how sharp the pen is, and the strength of the warrior wielding it.”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: kronos-rising, max-hawthorne-quotes, pen-versus-sword, pen-vs-sword, personal-quotes
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    Max Hawthorne
    “I like big back-stories and I cannot lie.”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: author-quotes, humor, kronos-rising, max-hawthorne
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    Max Hawthorne
    “Those who can write, write.
    Those who can't, criticize.”
    ― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising
    tags: author-s-advice, critics, kronos-rising, max-hawthorne, personal-quotes, reviews
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  • #20
    Max Hawthorne
    “There are two things one should always question: one's reality and oneself.”
    ― Max Hawthorne
    tags: life-quotes, personal-reflection, questions-quotes, reality-quotes
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