There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive.

Jessamyn West
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  1. Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

  2. Suffering is also one of the ways of knowing you're alive.

  3. Talent is helpful in writing but guts are absolutely necessary.

  4. Groan and forget it.

  5. It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes. It takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

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