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John Dufresne Quotes

Love is always a surprise and you never get it right Picture Quote #1

Fiction begins with the senses, and the senses go to work in a place Picture Quote #1

I was always writing. I just didn’t know if I was any good Picture Quote #1

The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written Picture Quote #1

Pleasure is, after all, a luxury. It’s love that’s essential Picture Quote #1

Every person in therapy has a love disorder Picture Quote #1

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A pure love is a selfless love, but can desire ever be selfless? Picture Quote #1

The universe may be tenderly indifferent to our fate, but we shouldn’t be. We are our brothers’ keepers. There is right, and there is wrong. There are consequences to our actions or inactions. Disregard can be an act of violence Picture Quote #1

We read novels because we need stories; we crave them; we can’t live without telling them and hearing them. Stories are how we make sense of our lives and of the world. When we’re distressed and go to therapy, our therapist’s job is to help us tell our story. Life doesn’t come with plots; it’s messy and chaotic; life is one damn, inexplicable thing after another. And we can’t have that. We insist on meaning. And so we tell stories so that our lives make sense Picture Quote #1

A lack of narrative structure, as you know, will cause anxiety Picture Quote #1

Reading honest literature makes you love the world. Knowledge and understanding are love. Reading educates our feelings and enhances our sympathy. When you read for understanding, you are fundamentally changed. You are a different person at the end of the story or the novel than you were when it began Picture Quote #1

You will feel discouraged; you will lose confidence in your abilities; you will be bored with the characters–and the only way to overcome these obstacles is to write your way through them. And writing always works Picture Quote #1

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Novels are written, not wished into existence. You have to sit your ass in the chair or nothing gets done Picture Quote #1

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Love is always a surprise and you never get it right (John Dufresne Quotes) Fiction begins with the senses, and the senses go to work in a place (John Dufresne Quotes) I was always writing. I just didn’t know if I was any good. (John Dufresne Quotes) The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written (John Dufresne Quotes) Pleasure is, after all, a luxury. It’s love that’s essential (John Dufresne Quotes) Every person in therapy has a love disorder (John Dufresne Quotes) A pure love is a selfless love, but can desire ever be selfless? (John Dufresne Quotes) The universe may be tenderly indifferent to our fate, but we shouldn’t be. We are our brothers’ keepers. There is right, and there is wrong. There are consequences to our actions or inactions. Disregard can be an act of violence (John Dufresne Quotes) We read novels because we need stories; we crave them; we can’t live without telling them and hearing them. Stories are how we make sense of our lives and of the world. When we’re distressed and go to therapy, our therapist’s job is to help us tell our story. Life doesn’t come with plots; it’s messy and chaotic; life is one damn, inexplicable thing after another. And we can’t have that. We insist on meaning. And so we tell stories so that our lives make sense (John Dufresne Quotes) A lack of narrative structure, as you know, will cause anxiety (John Dufresne Quotes) Reading honest literature makes you love the world. Knowledge and understanding are love. Reading educates our feelings and enhances our sympathy. When you read for understanding, you are fundamentally changed. You are a different person at the end of the story or the novel than you were when it began (John Dufresne Quotes) You will feel discouraged; you will lose confidence in your abilities; you will be bored with the characters–and the only way to overcome these obstacles is to write your way through them. And writing always works (John Dufresne Quotes) Novels are written, not wished into existence. You have to sit your ass in the chair or nothing gets done (John Dufresne Quotes)