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My life of sin among people I'm sure he thinks are deviants is happier and more honest that his oppressive, sexist cesspool. — Thomm Quackenbush

You are the weirdest couple, I said over the bass. It was buzzing in my chest, and I was fairly certain every beat made my bones shake. — Jamie McGuire

The secret of good writing is telling the truth. — Gordon Lish

I have come to be convinced that it is only the unbending observance of custom that sustains life in an urban circumstance. — Gordon Lish

We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country. — Al Gore

It's not what happens to people on the page; it's about what happens to a reader in his heart and mind. — Gordon Lish

He'd started falling for her the moment she walked into Devil's Dip Gym. She'd KO'd him and there was no going back. — Avery Flynn

I was their bar freak, they needed me to make themselves feel better. just like, at times, I needed that graveyard. — Charles Bukowski

Writing is not about self-expression; it is about putting words on paper. — Gordon Lish

17And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. — Anonymous

Never be sincere - sincerity is the death of writing. — Gordon Lish

Don't have stories; have sentences. — Gordon Lish

I'm riding you with a slack rein, my pet, but don't forget that I'm riding with curb and spurs just the same. — Margaret Mitchell

I get such a buzz out of cleaning closets. — Gretchen Rubin

There are two types of pain. There is the pain of loss, which you can recover. And then, there is the pain of regret which never goes away. — Donovin Darius