Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
From Iris Murdoch
Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.
The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.
A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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