@nextgreatread.bsky.social“Theoretically there's no reason one should get [writer's block], if one understands that writing, after all, is only writing, neither something one ought to feel deeply guilty about nor something one ought to be inordinately proud of.”
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@nextgreatread.bsky.social“There is one clear urgency in your life that you must never neglect, and that is — you must be yourself.”
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@nextgreatread.bsky.social“I have built a city from the books I've read. A good book sings a a timeless music that is heard in the choir lofts, and balconies, and theaters that thrived within that secret city inside me.”
@nextgreatread.bsky.social“And then, despite the fact that A. J. does not believe in God, he closes his eyes and thanks whomever, the higher power, with all his porcupine heart.”
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@anniewithbooks.bsky.social“My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.”
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@nextgreatread.bsky.social“This generation seems to see children as a financial burden and responsibility to be avoided.”
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@nextgreatread.bsky.social“Did you hear what I said?" "I'm still getting over being chased by a bear." The bear was nothing compared to seeing Lori naked. "Right." Then she pulled on her jeans.”
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@nextgreatread.bsky.social“Theology sits rouged at the window and courts philosophy's favor, offering to sell her charms to it.”
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