Louisa May AlcottI want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books.
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When Mark Twain said, “I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead. . . .
I think I shall write books.” He was speaking of the act of writing as an act of heroism. The act itself is the accomplishment, not the results.
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