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Quotable 415

Posted on July 21, 2021July 4, 2021 by bryon

If you can make the reader laugh he is apt to get careless and go on reading.
– Henry Green

Posted in Quotable Tagged apt, careless, Henry Green, laugh, make, Quotable, reader, reading

Quotable 339

Posted on September 25, 2019September 3, 2019 by bryon

Honestly, everything I’ve learned about fiction, I’ve learned from writing it and reading it.
– Peter Tzinski

Posted in Quotable Tagged everything, fiction, honest, learn, Peter Tzinski, Quotable, reading, writing

Quotable 320

Posted on May 15, 2019May 4, 2019 by bryon

What I love about reading certain writers is that you can tell you are in direct contact with the poetry of their mind.
– Noah J. Nelson

Posted in Quotable Tagged contact, direct, mind, Noah J. Nelson, poetry, Quotable, reading, writers

Quotable 288

Posted on October 3, 2018September 27, 2018 by bryon

Little has happened in my life, but I have read a great deal.
– Jorge Luis Borges

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Quotable 277

Posted on July 18, 2018June 29, 2018 by bryon

Writing is where you put all your reading.
– Catherine Lacey

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Quotable 255

Posted on July 15, 2015July 13, 2015 by bryon

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
– Samuel Johnson

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Quotable 223

Posted on October 15, 2014 by bryon

Don’t ask who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
– Giorgos Seferis

Posted in Quotable Tagged digestion, Giorgos Seferis, influence, lamb, lion, Quotable, reading

#quikfic 98

Posted on April 25, 2014April 20, 2014 by bryon

Sam turned the book’s pages with his thumb. He read on, knowing he’d never finish. The executioner was about to throw the switch.

Posted in #quikfic Tagged #quikfic, book, death, electric chair, execution, reading

haiku 293

Posted on December 10, 2013December 9, 2013 by bryon

reading the news –
adding more cute animals
to my Twitter feed

Posted in haiku Tagged animals, cute, haiku, news, reading, Twitter

Quotable 114

Posted on August 15, 2012August 12, 2012 by bryon

Read, read, read. If you don’t study how the masters do things, you’ll never be a master yourself.
– Brayden Hirsch

Posted in Quotable Tagged Brayden Hirsch, masters, Quotable, reading, study
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