“Every time you finish something ... you figure you've finally learned to write, right? Then you start something else and it turns out you haven't. You have learned how to write that story, or that book, but you haven't learned how to write the next one.”
Quote by Grace Paley
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Grace Paley
Grace Paley was an American writer born on December 11, 1922, and passed away on August 22, 2007. Known for her concise language and profound emotional depth, her works primarily focus on family, love, and social issues. more
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Source: The Holy Court in Five Tomes. The First Treating of Motives, which Should Excite Men of Quality to Christian Perfection: the Second of the Prelate, Souldier, Statesman, and Lady: the Third of Maxims of Christianity Against Prophaness, Divided Into Three Parts, Viz. Divinity, Government of this Life, and State of the Other World: the Fourth Containing the Command of Reason Over the Passions: the Fifth Containing the Lives of the Most Famous and Illustrious Courtiers; Taken Both Out of the Old and
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