Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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But something occurred to me as I sped through that dirty shroud of fog, something Vonnegut has been trying to explain to the rest of us for most of his life. And that is this: Despair is a form of hope. It is an acknowledgment of the distance between ourselves and our appointed happiness. At certain moments, it is reason enough to live.

Steve Almond's Popular Quotes

All readers come to fiction as willing accomplices to your lies. Such is the basic goodwill contract made the moment we pick up a work of fiction.

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I want to view my own efforts to write a novel as a function of my own artistic aspirations rather than a good career move. And I need to learn how t…

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At the end of night, before you close your eyes, be content with what you've done and be proud of who you are.

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There's something incredibly liberating about a holiday that encourages children to take candy from strangers

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The single biggest reason I got my stories taken in various literary magazines - and I want to stress this - is because I refused to give up. Period.

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Football is the most successful cult, in terms of members and profits, in human history. Oh wait, there's also religion.

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It's like this when you fall hard for a musician. It's a crush with religious overtones. You listen to the songs and you memorize the words and the n…

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Nothing on Earth is so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.

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Football is Lotto for kids from economically vulnerable neighborhoods.

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