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“I stopped dying the moment I started writing”

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Arnon Grunberg is a Dutch writer known for his unique literary style and profound personal experiences. His works encompass novels, essays, and poetry, and are praised for their deep insights into human nature, social, and political issues. more

“Closeness can lead to emotions other than love. It's the ones who have been too intimate with you, lived in too close quarters, seen too much of your pain or envy or, perhaps more than anything, your shame, who, at the crucial moment, can be too easy to cut out, to exile, to expel, to kill off.”

Has Beens Moments Pain Easy Emotion Too Much Cutting Shame Envy Intimate Crucial Quarters Exile Closeness Crucial Moments

Author:Daniel Mendelsohn

“The writers we absorb when we're young bind us to them, sometimes lightly, sometimes with iron. In time, the bonds fall away, but if you look very closely you can sometimes make out the pale white groove of a faded scar, or the telltale chalky red of old rust.”

Ifs Looks Sometimes Young Fall White Red Iron Scar Pale Faded Rust Groove Make Out

Author:Daniel Mendelsohn

“The three most written-about subjects of all time are Jesus, the Civil War, and the Titanic.”

War Three Jesus Written Subjects All Time Civil War

Book:Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture

Source: Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture

“Sometimes you don’t know what you're writing until you've finished it.”

Knows Writing Sometimes Finished

Author:Vu Tran

“Atheist’s denial of God’s existence needs just as much substantiation as does the theist’s claim; the atheist must give plausible reasons for rejecting God’s existence.”

Needs Giving Doe Reason Existence Claims Atheist Denial Rejecting Plausible Theist

Author:Paul Copan

“On closer inspection, the hero status accorded to Abraham, Moses and David in the Old Testament (and echoed in the New Testament) is rooted not in their moral perfection but in their uncompromising dedication to the cause of Yahweh and their rugged trust in the promises of God rather than lapsing into the idolatry of many of their contemporaries.”

Causes Moral Hero Promise Perfection Dedication Rooted Testament New Testament Moses Abraham Idolatry Old Testament Rugged Uncompromising Inspection Yahweh Moral Perfection

Book:Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God

Source: Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God

“If writing with a goal - whether it be evangelistic, apologetic, or didactic - implies propaganda, then all recorded history is propaganda. . . a work shouldn't be dismissed simply because of the strong convictions of the writer. Should we discount the facticity or reliability of the accounts of Nazi concentration camp survivors simply because they passionately recount their story?”

Ifs Should Writing Stories Strong Goal Accounts Conviction Propaganda Concentration Survivor Camps Nazi Discounts Concentration Camp Reliability Apologetic Didactic Nazi Concentration Camps

Author:Paul Copan

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