The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

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Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey

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One of my big goals as a human being is to continue to write what's really happening to me, even if it's a tough pill to swallow for people around me.... I do fear that if I ever were to have someone in my life who mattered, I would second-guess every one of my lyrics.

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You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler.

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Everything is your fault if you're any damn good.

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If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. - Elmore Leonard

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I wonder what the retirement age is in the novel business. The day you die.

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The scariest moment is always just before you start.

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Religion is the opium of the poor.

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We're stronger in the places that we've been broken.

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