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Donna Jo Napoli
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 28
Linguist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Miami
Florida
Promiscuous
Wildly

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Writing isn't just on the page it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will catch all kinds of things.
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Secrets could never be rushed. They had to come of their own accord, on their own schedule. That way ,when they came , the offered themselves as a gift.
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If you fall into water, you may still be saved. But if you fall down in literary matters, there is no life left for you.
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Forgiveness is a little thing when love is there.
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You have to live life if you're going to create believable lives on paper.
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Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge, but rather, one thing only: understanding
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Or, in truth, eventually, though I still noticed, the callouses on my spirit prevented wounds (p.75).
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I believe we have breaks because we need them. So my suggestion is that you take the break. Eat chocolate.
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And oh I want so much to sing, I tell myself no. But it is so hard to keep from singing.
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