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500 More Ways To Be A Better Writer

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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

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Three Doors to Death (Nero Wolfe, #16) by Rex Stout

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Stanley making for Livingstone in the African jungle was nothing compared to Wolfe making for Krasicki in Westchester.

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“When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.”
― Maya Angelou

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“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt

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“Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

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