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Quote by Mark Vonnegut

“Writing was a spiritual exercise for my father, the only thing he really believed in.”

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Mark Vonnegut, born on May 11, 1947, is an American memoirist known for his works that often explore themes of family, history, and the meaning of human existence through personal experiences. more

“The way I played music there was the way I wanted to farm, chop wood, cook, make love, raise children. Everything. A lo of it had to do with things I felt while I played. If only I could feel that sense of total absorption in what I was doing when I was doing other things. It was more than absorption, it was spontaneity, competence, a sense of grace and playfulness, of being in touch with an inexhaustible source of energy and beauty.”

Ifs Way Feels Children Wanted Energy Felt Grace Source Raises Woods Cooks Farms Making Love Competence Spontaneity Absorption Playfulness

Book:The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity

Source: The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity

“Art is lunging forward without certainty about where you are going or how to get there, being open to and dependent on what luck, the paint, the typo, the dissonance, give you. Without art, you're stuck with yourself as you are and life as you think life is.”

Thinking Giving Art Life Is Art Is Luck Paint Stuck Certainty Dependent Where You Are Dissonance Where You Are Going Typos

Author:Mark Vonnegut

“Reading and writing are in themselves subversive acts.”

Writing Reading Subversive Reading And Writing

Author:Mark Vonnegut

“And if you're lucky enough to survive going crazy and get back to the point where you can pass for normal, it builds a question into the rest of your life. You have to forgive people for wondering, 'How all right can he be?'”

People Ifs Enough Wonder Crazy Lucky Normal Forgiving Get Back Rest Of Your Life Going Crazy

Book:Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir

Source: Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir

“It’s when I have to acknowledge the past and all of those nameless, faceless people I’d assassinated, that I unravel inside.”

People Past Acknowledge Nameless Faceless

Book:The First Sin: A Lexi Steele Novel

Source: The First Sin: A Lexi Steele Novel

“A Touch of Crimson explodes with passion and heat. A hot, sexy angel to die for and a gutsy heroine make for one exciting read!”

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Author:Cheyenne McCray

“Cat will have you staked in five seconds flat.”

Five Cat Flats Seconds

Author:Cheyenne McCray

“JUST LIKE CANDY is a delicious, decadent treat.”

Treats Delicious Candy

Author:Cheyenne McCray

“Rhyannon Byrd has a gift for beautiful, sensual storytelling.”

Beautiful Storytelling Sensual

Author:Cheyenne McCray

“There are hurts so deep that one cannot reach them or heal them with words.”

Stars Hurt Sadness Sad Heal

Author:Kate Seredy

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