Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again.
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Sarah DessenObviously it won't all run smoothly. But it's important to awknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn fromt them.
Sarah DessenMayonnaise is a lot like men, it can make everything much better, adding flavor and ease to your life. Or, it can just be sticky and gross and make you nauseous"- "Keeping the Moon
Sarah DessenWatching him, I thought, not for the first time that night, that maybe it should have felt strange to be with him, here, now. And yet it didnโt, at all. That was one of the things about the night. Stuff that would be weird in the bright light of day just wasnโt so much once you passed a certain hour. It was like the dark just evened it all out somehow.
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