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Quote by Louis Dudek

“There is no original sin. It's all been done before.”

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Louis Dudek was a Canadian poet born on February 6, 1918, and passed away on March 23, 2001. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound depiction of the Canadian natural landscape. more

“What fiction offers us is an intimacy shorn of the messy contingencies of human existence - gender, race, class or age. Those moments of transcendence when we exclaim "You know exactly what I mean!" depend for much of their force on the anonymous character of the intimacy between writer and reader.”

Knows Humans Mean Moments Character Age Force Race Existence Fiction Class Depends Reader Offers Gender Intimacy Transcendence Messy Human Existence Contingency

Author:Will Self

“Death, the real simile for disease - for when we are ill, do we not always feel like we are dying, even if it's only a little? - remains, despite our secularism, the most metaphoricised phenomenon of all.”

Ifs Feels Littles Real Dying Disease Remains Ill Despite Phenomenon Simile Secularism

Author:Will Self

“You may have gathered that I am not the most cheerful of revellers - some characterise me as the death and soullessness of any party but it wasn't always so, believe me.”

Believe May Party Believe In Me Cheerful

Author:Will Self

“As a writer, I have learned that each time I pick up my pencil I betray someone.”

Picks Betray I Have Learned Pencils

Author:Terry Tempest Williams

“I grew up in a culture in which it was a sin for a woman to speak out.”

Culture Speak Sin Grew Grew Up Speaks Out

Author:Terry Tempest Williams

“There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private.”

Writing Art Beautiful Disclosure

Author:Terry Tempest Williams

“When I write, I put one foot in front of the other. It's an act of faith. I just follow my heart.”

Writing Heart Feet Fronts My Heart

Author:Terry Tempest Williams

“I will never be able to say what is in my heart because words fail us, because it is in our nature to protect, because there are times when what is public and what is private must be discerned.”

Heart Able Failing My Heart Protect

Book:When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Source: When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

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