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“When someone dies, you don't get over it by forgetting; you get over it by remembering, and you are aware that no person is ever truly lost or gone once they have been in our life and loved us, as we have loved them.”

Book:The Delicacy and Strength of Lace: Letters Between Leslie Marmon Silko & James Wright

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The Delicacy and Strength of Lace: Letters Between Leslie Marmon Silko & James Wright

The book is a compilation of letters exchanged between the poets, offering insights into their artistic development, thoughts on poetry, and personal experiences. It provides a rare glimpse into the creative minds of Silko and Wright, showcasing their mutual respect and intellectual exchange. more

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Leslie Marmon Silko

Leslie Marmon Silko is an American writer known for her unique Native American background and literary style. Her works delve into themes such as race, cultural identity, and feminism. more

Book:L. M. MONTGOMERY – Ultimate Collection: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poetry, Letters and Autobiography (Including The Complete Anne of Green Gables Series & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, The Blue Castle, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, The Golden Road, Mistress Pat, Chronicles of Avonlea, Kilmeny of the Orchard and many more

Source: L. M. MONTGOMERY – Ultimate Collection: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poetry, Letters and Autobiography (Including The Complete Anne of Green Gables Series & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, The Blue Castle, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, The Golden Road, Mistress Pat, Chronicles of Avonlea, Kilmeny of the Orchard and many more

“What should I do—how should I act now, this very day . . . What she would resolve to do that day did not yet seem quite clear, but something that she could achieve stirred her as with an approaching murmur which would soon gather distinctness.”

Should Seems Clear Achieve Resolve Should I

Book:Middlemarch

Source: Middlemarch

“I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent or overly practiced. I have the urge to cut the book by fifty pages or so, possessed as I am with a keener appreciation for brevity.”

Book Seems Emotion Cutting Expression Pages Appreciation Sentences Chosen Fifty Urges Possessed Brevity

Book:Dreams From My Father

Source: Dreams From My Father

“Let your fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet.”

Grows Fiction Feet Land

Author:Willa Cather

“At that time, a friend shall lose his friend's hammer, and the young shall not know where lieth the things possessed by their fathers that their fathers put there only just the night before.”