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Quote by Wallace Stegner

“Creation is a knack which is empowered by practice, and like almost any skill, it is lost if you don't practice it.”

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Wallace Stegner was an influential American historian known for his extensive research on the history of the American West. His works not only documented the pioneering journey of the American West but also profoundly reflected the relationship between humans and nature. Stegner's writing style was unique and his language beautiful, which won him great popularity among readers. more

“Hindsight, I think, is a useless tool. We, each of us, are at a place in our lives because of innumerable circumstances, and we, each of us, have a responsibility (if we do not like where we are) to move along life's road, to find a better path if this one does not suit, or to walk happily along this one if it is indeed our life's way. Changing even the bad things that have gone before would fundamentally change who we are, and whether or not that would be a good thing, I believe, it is impossible to predict. So I take my past experiences... and try to regret nothing. -Drizzt Do'urden”

“From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it.”

Ifs Seems Order Rain Somewhere Else

Book:Coyote waits

Source: Coyote waits

“sometimes the shifting of rocks is deep, deep below, and it's powerful and scary down there, but that all we feel on the surface is a slight tremor. Only a slight tremor.”

Feels Sometimes Powerful Rocks Scary Surface Shifting

Book:A Thousand Splendid Suns

Source: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Quote by Wallace Stegner

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