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Quote by H. Rider Haggard

“A sharp spear needs no polish.”

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H. Rider Haggard was a British writer known for his adventure novels. His work 'She' is considered a pioneer of early science fiction, having a profound impact on literature and cinema. more

“The writer trusts nothing she writes-it should be too reckless and alive for that, it should be beautiful and menacing and slightly out of control. . . . Good writing . . . explodes in the reader's face. Whenever the writer writes, it's always three or four or five o'clock in the morning in her head.”

Should Writing Beautiful Faces Three Morning Five Four Alive Reader Clock Reckless Good Writing

Author:Joy Williams

“I do not intend to spare myself, not to avoid emotions or difficulties. I don't care much whether I live a longer or shorter time... the world concerns me only in so far as I feel a certain debt toward it, because I have walked on this earth for thirty years, and out of gratitude I want to leave some souvenir.”

World Want Feels Years Care Earth Certain Emotion Gratitude Concern Difficulty Don't Care Debt I Don't Care Thirty Spares Thirty Years Souvenirs

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“The more ugly, older, more cantankerous, more ill and poorer I become, the more I try to make amends by making my colours more vibrant, more balanced and beaming.”

Trying Ill Ugly Colour Balanced Amends

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

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