Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound, a sentence or happening that does not pass away... but quite inexplicably lodges in the mind.
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The motto was "Pax," but the word was set in a circle of thorns.Rumer Godden
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If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom.
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Pax peace, but what a strange peace, made of unremitting toil and effort, seldom with a seen result. . .
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It is My own peace I give unto you. Not, notice, the world's peace.
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