When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. – Nora Ephron

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You don’t actually have to write anything until you’ve thought it out. This is an enormous relief, and you can sit there searching for the point at which the story becomes a toboggan and starts to slide. - Marie de Nervaud

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Your greatest achievement will always be your life’s story. – Michael Margolis

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I’m out there to clean the plate. Once they’ve read what I’ve written on a subject, I want them to think, ‘That’s it!’ I think the highest aspiration people in our trade can have is that once they’ve written a story, nobody will ever try it again. - Richard Ben Cramer

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If you think the story has a sad ending, it's because it's not over yet. ― Emily Henry, Beach Read

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Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories. -George R. R. Martin

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Story = Character + Predicament + Attempted Extrication. - Jonathan Gottschall

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Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. — Judy Garland

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Leaders lead by telling stories that give others permission to lead, not follow. – Michael Margolis

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The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.

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