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

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The writing of a novel or short story or poem or whatever should elevate the audience, not drag the writer down to some level beneath herself. And she - the author - should fight always to prevent that dragging down, especially when the only possible benefit of allowing it to happen is monetary.

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You know, it's a sad and unfortunate state of affairs that you have to live in a world where eight-year-olds refuse to believe in anything that they …

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Every month, the US is spending more on the Iraqi war than it took to reach Saturn and Titan. Mass murder is expensive, and good science is relativel…

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I need a world filled with wonder, with awe, with awful things. I couldn't exist in a world devoid of marvels, even if the marvels are terrible marve…

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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man will poke out his eye to fit in.

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No story has a beginning, and no story has an end. Beginnings and endings may be conceived to serve a purpose, to serve a momentary and transient int…

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Art should never be a slave to commerce, but for all working artists that's exactly what it must be.

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Language is a poor enough means of communication as it is. So we should use all the words we have.

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Magick may be no more than the willful invocation of awe.

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Ghosts are those memories that are too strong to be forgotten for good, echoing across the years and refusing to be obliterated by time.

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