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“and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.”
― James Joyce, Dubliners

“Oh, I will be cruel to you, Marya Morevna. It will stop your breath, how cruel I can be. But you understand, don’t you? You are clever enough. I am a demanding creature. I am selfish and cruel and extremely unreasonable. But I am your servant. When you starve I will feed you; when you are sick I will tend you. I crawl at your feet; for before your love, your kisses, I am debased. For you alone I will be weak.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums