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1941·Brooklin, Maine, USA
No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence, or whose attitude is patronizing.
It is himself he is approaching, no other; and he should begin by turning resolutely away from all devices that are popularly believed to indicate style — all mannerisms, tricks, adornments.
Your whole duty as a writer is to please and satisfy yourself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one. Start sniffing the air, or glancing at the Trend Machine, and you are as good as dead, although you may make a nice living.
George Washington·1788Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
Zhuangzi·300 BCForget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
Anna Julia Cooper·1893The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect or a party or a class — it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity.
