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It Was Only After Two Years' Work That It Occurred To Me That I Was A Writer. I Had No Particular Expectation That The Novel Would Ever Be Published, Because It Was Sort Of A Mess. It Was Only When I Found Myself Writing Things I Didn't Realise I Knew That I Said, 'i'm A Writer Now.' The Novel Had Become An Incentive To Deeper Thinking. That's Really What Writing Is—an Intense Form Of Thought.

We Seem To Believe It Is Possible To Ward Off Death By Following Rules Of Good Grooming.

You Have To Break Through The Structure Of Your Own Stonework Habit Just To Make Yourself Listen.

The Greater The Scientific Advance, The More Primitive The Fear.

What We Are Reluctant To Touch Often Seems The Very Fabric Of Our Salvation.