Quote from Sophie Kinsella, Twenties Girl
The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them.Itâs for their own good.
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Quote from Matthew Good, At Last There Is Nothing Left to Say
Personal perception of perfection is like that. You see what you want to see. After awhile you just see what you need to.
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Quote from Natalie Goldberg, Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
The things that make you a functional citizen in society – manners, discretion, cordiality – don’t necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs raw truth, wants your suffering and darkness on the table, revels in a cutting mind that takes no prisoners…
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Quote from Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light
Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths… The first kind, they show you life like you want it to be. With villains getting what they deserve and the hero seeing what a fool he’s been and marrying the heroine and happy endings and all that… But the second kind, they show you life more like it is… The first kind makes you cheerful and contented, but the second kind shakes you up.
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Quote from Sara Castro-Klarén, Understanding Mario Vargas Llosa
It is as if Little Red Riding Hood had asked the wolf: “Dear Grandmother, what is the truth for?” And the wolf had replied: “The truth helps me tell you better lies.
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Quote from Mark Helprin, Winter’s Tale
He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.
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Quote from Sebastian K. Young, I Had Every Excuse to Fail, but I Chose None
Knowing the Techniques of Survival……..Our fears and anxieties will often drive us to build impenetrable walls that act like blinders deflecting others and preventing us from seeing who surrounds us. Getting focused to the things that matter are the Key to what has to be to COMPLETE our MISSION. “I Had Every Excuse to Fail but I Chose None” Speak Life!!!(sky)
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Quote from Col. Thomas Aspinwall
In history, truth should be held sacred, at whatever cost . . . especially against the narrow and futile patriotism, which, instead of pressing forward in pursuit of truth, takes pride in walking backwards to cover the slightest nakedness of our forefathers.
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