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Wednesday, April 12, 2006

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Noel Quotes... Robert Cormier

Wednesday, April 12, 2006    2 comments

"The beautiful part of writing is that you don't
have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can
always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping
simile."

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2 comments:

  1. Unknown7:49 AM, April 12, 2006

    Thanks Noel. The quotes you find always inspire.

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  2. Southern-fried Fiction2:25 PM, April 12, 2006

    Noel always finds the best quotes. I swear she does nothing but look up quotes! ;) Thanks, Noel, for always encouraging us.

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