Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

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I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

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This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.

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It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

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If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

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The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

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Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

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Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

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It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves.

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The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

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