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“But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.
from “Araby”
― Dubliners
from “Araby”
― Dubliners
“When the Day of Judgment dawns and people, great and small, come marching in to receive their heavenly rewards, the Almighty will gaze upon the mere bookworms and say to Peter, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them. They have loved reading.”
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”
― Ulysses
― Ulysses
“A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.”
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