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Don't hoard the past. Don't cherish anything. Burn it. The artist is the phoenix who burns to emerge.

Janet Fitch

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Janet Fitch
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: November 9
Author
Journalist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Janet Elizabeth Fitch
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Past
Anything
Hoard
Phoenix
Burns
Emerge
Cherish
Burn

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We recived our colouring from the Norsemen,hairy savages who hacked their gods to pieces and hung the flesh from trees.We are the ones who sacked Rome.Fear only feeble old age and death in bed.Don't forget who you are.
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The story of her life. God gave you everything just to take it away. Just so you knew exactly what you were missing.
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I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke the horizon.
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A cliche is like a coin that has been handled too much. Once language has been overly handled, it no longer leaves a clear imprint.
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I'm incredibly restless. I read a lot of poetry. I also find myself reading the first 20 pages of everything, looking for something. And you know what? I'm usually looking for the book I'm writing. And it's not out there!
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What is real is always worth it.
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There is no God, there is only what you want.
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No matter how unappealing, each of them imagines he is somehow worthy.
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