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I was always on time, I did my work to exact specifications, I spoke when spoken to.

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Ann Patchett
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: November 2
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shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us
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Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings.
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There was such an incredible logic to kissing, such a metal-to-magnet pull between two people that it was a wonder that they found the strength to prevent themselves from succumbing every second. Rightfully, the world should be a whirlpool of kissing into which we sank and never found the strength to rise up again.
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The quality of gifts depends on the sincerity of the giver.
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It is said the sesta is one of the only gifts the Europeans brought to South America, but I imagine the Brazilians could have figured out how to sleep in the afternoon without having to endure centuries of murder and enslavement.
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I don't believe in fate, as in, which I - as a Catholic, I think, sort of predestination. But I certainly believe in chance.
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The idea I pursue is the one that keeps coming back to me. The characters I think about as I'm falling asleep at night or when I'm driving to the grocery store are the one's I wind up writing about.
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I know that there are people out there who believe we should get rid of all guns.
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I should figure out why I'm so much more interested in doing something that I think is really hard. But, somehow, the thing that is hard for me feels more noble.
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Using your imagination is the one time in life you can really go anywhere.
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I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.
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I love a large cast of characters. That's the way life is: it's flooded with people and we keep them all straight.
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I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.
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I tend to keep my ideas in my head. When I write something down in a notebook it's never centralized. There are too many notebooks floating around, but maybe that's a good thing.
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I am not mature enough as a reader to enjoy a book in which I hate all the people.
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Maybe that was the definition of life everlasting: the belief that the next generation would carry your work forward.
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If you want to write and can't figure out how to do it, try this: Pick an amount of time to sit at your desk every day. Start with twenty minutes, say, and work up as quickly as possible to as much time as you can spare. Do you really want to write? Sit for two hours a day.
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I will write my way into another life.
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Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.
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Everybody believes in chance.
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