“There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.”
There's something peculiar about writing fiction. It requires an interesting balance between seeing the world as a child and having the wisdom of a middle-aged person. The further you get from childhood and the experience of the teenage years, the greater the danger of losing that wellspring.
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“There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.”
“One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event.”
“Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.”
“If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.”
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