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The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end. - Benjamin Disraeli I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. - Albert Einstein Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future. - John F. Kennedy Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. - Benjamin Franklin We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect. - Henry David Thoreau If you would be loved, love and be lovable. - Benjamin Franklin

Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer.

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A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter. ... To me it is utterly basic, yet it seems like it's a great secret.

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