They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.
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Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens.
Tags: distrust, kind, like, sometimes
It would have been the equivalent of Jackson Pollock's attempts to copy the Sistine Chapel.
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No complete son of a bitch ever wrote a good sentence.
Tags: writing
It is the fear of being as dependent as a young child, while not being loved as a child is loved, but merely being kept alive against one's will.
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