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Mr. Micawber’s answer expressed the disturbance of his mind. He said, shaking hands with me, ‘Copperfield, you are a true friend; but when the worst comes to the worst, no man is without a friend who is possessed of shaving materials.’
“To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it.”
She turned to Sam. “An artist needs encouragement, Mr. Livermore. If he’s a good artist, he’s never satisfied with what he does. He’s forever doing over and doing over, and feeling uncertain about what he’s done; so he oughtn’t to have worries over and above his work. What he most needs is peace of mind—and I’ve done all I could to see that Langdon had it.”
Anne Towne, wife of Langdon Towne
Kenneth Roberts-Northwest Passage
“If being a writer should make you happy, revel in it, absorb the moment, love it, but never forget that for the most part, it is soul-sucking, time-consuming hard work!”
–Michael Leonard Jewell
“Memories are always perfect to the folks who are doing the remembering.” —Michael Leonard Jewell
“Some things I did, not because I was childish, but because I was a child.”—Michael Leonard Jewell
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