One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk.

Marina Tsvetaeva
One should write only those books from whose absence one...
One should write only those books from whose absence one...
One should write only those books from whose absence one...
One should write only those books from whose absence one...
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When you write, you’re creating a living, breathing book that can exist in the world. It doesn’t just disappear when the last page is read, and it doesn’t just decay in a landfill when its last copy is tossed away. It stays with you and influences you, and over time it can bring you great joy or great pain.

Source: Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922

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