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Kit Reed Author, Novelist
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"I should probably confess that I get bored easily, which explains my reluctance to work with formula, tropes, whatever."

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Honore de Balzac Novelist
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"Le mariage doit incessamment combattre un monstre qui de v ore tout: l'habitude. Marriage should always combat the monster that devours everything: habit."

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Lou Reed Musician, Songwriter
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"Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has."

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Hermann Hesse Novelist, Poet
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"You should never be afraid of people... such fear can destroy us completely. You've simply got to get rid of it, if you want to turn into someone decent. You understand that, don't you?"

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