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Don't be afraid to go up to the hot girl on the beach. — Charlotte McKinney

Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible. She's not dead. Not this time. — Meg Cabot

My writing is like those little carved baskets made in prisons ... — Leo Tolstoy

Our profession is dreadful, writing corrupts the soul. — Leo Tolstoy

The worst stories usually make you think: 'but nobody had to die'.
These are called true stories. — Moonshine Noire

To understand Afghanistan, you have to face the stress the average Afghan deals with. — Hyder Akbar

[R]eality and real people are too subtle and complicated for anybody's typewriter, even Tolstoy's, even yours, even mine. — Edward Abbey

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice. — Leo Tolstoy

I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine. — Leo Tolstoy

If the world could write by itself, it would write like Tolstoy. — Isaac Babel

I can't imagine any greater fear
Than waking up without you here
And though the sun would still shine on
My whole world would all be gone — Sara Evans

The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good. — Leo Tolstoy

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it. — Gustave Flaubert

One ought only to write when one leaves a piece of one's own flesh in the inkpot, each time one dips one's pen. — Leo Tolstoy

Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult. — Leo Tolstoy

It is entirely possible," said Tomas, "that a female dog addressed continually by a male name will develop lesbian tendencies. — Milan Kundera

I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on. — Leo Tolstoy

I revise like crazy. I start revising before the pen hits the paper. — John Dufresne

I can't understand how anyone can write without rewriting everything over and over again. — Leo Tolstoy

Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world. — H.L. Mencken

Art is a place where you can be wild. Kids-all of us-need that. — Helen Hunt

For Tolstoy ... anything that human beings do has its glory ... I think he can be said to have hated nothing that ever happened. — Mark Van Doren

This is not Tolstoy. I don't want to know what critics and professors think of what I'm writing. It might hurt my feelings. — Lisa Kleypas

I am pinned to my seat with pity and horror and a weird, twisted affection laced with longing and traces of lust. — Michelle Knudsen

This is the line of life, this is the line of growth, and this is the line of well-being in India - to follow the track of religion. — Swami Vivekananda

Boy, I miss the days they made toys that could kill a kid. — Jerry Seinfeld

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. — Leo Tolstoy