Waging war against inane language that circulates almost automatically is a writer's eternal mission, and the day will never come when this battles are unnecessary.
If a writer falls in love with you, you can never die.
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Mik Everett
Making love to me is amazing. Wait, I meant: making love, to me, is amazing. The absence of two little commas nearly transformed me into a sex god.

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Unknown
She was a beautiful dreamer. The kind of girl, who kept her head in the clouds, loved above the stars and left regret beneath the earth she walked on.
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Robert M. Drake
Death is the easy part, the hard part is living and knowing you could be so much more then you’re willing to be.
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Robert M. Drake
Sometimes to self-discover you must self-destruct.
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Robert M. Drake
More Quotes By Minae Mizumura
Art is not democratic. Art is sublime.
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Presently a soprano voice of richness and depth floated from the open windows of the parlor, resonating over the darkening greenery. All at once it was as if the entire scene before them was awakened by that voice, infused with unexpected life: the western sky,...
