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Jessamyn West Quotes

A good time for laughing is when you can Picture Quote #1

Somehow I have the feeling that in some book is the great treasure I’ve been looking for all my life Picture Quote #1

People who keep journals have life twice Picture Quote #1

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing Picture Quote #1

Groan and forget it Picture Quote #1

A big iron needle stitching the country together Picture Quote #1

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Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary Picture Quote #1

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever Picture Quote #1

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future Picture Quote #1

Teaching is the royal road to learning Picture Quote #1

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures Picture Quote #1

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract Picture Quote #1

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We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint? Picture Quote #1

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don’t it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions Picture Quote #1

There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as do exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft Picture Quote #1

At fourteen you don't need sickness or death for tragedy Picture Quote #1

You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it Picture Quote #1

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking Picture Quote #1

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A good time for laughing is when you can (Jessamyn West Quotes) Somehow I have the feeling that in some book is the great treasure I’ve been looking for all my life. (Jessamyn West Quotes) People who keep journals have life twice (Jessamyn West Quotes) Justice is a terrible but necessary thing (Jessamyn West Quotes) Groan and forget it (Jessamyn West Quotes) A big iron needle stitching the country together (Jessamyn West Quotes) Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary (Jessamyn West Quotes) A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever (Jessamyn West Quotes) The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future (Jessamyn West Quotes) Teaching is the royal road to learning (Jessamyn West Quotes) Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures (Jessamyn West Quotes) Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract (Jessamyn West Quotes) We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint? (Jessamyn West Quotes) We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don’t it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions (Jessamyn West Quotes) There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as do exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft (Jessamyn West Quotes) At fourteen you don't need sickness or death for tragedy (Jessamyn West Quotes) You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it (Jessamyn West Quotes) Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking (Jessamyn West Quotes)