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Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places Picture Quote #1

Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can accomplish a lot, but it can't access the hidden places Picture Quote #1

My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the mystery section, sometimes in the humor department, and occasionally even in the literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding Picture Quote #1

We immigrants can sometimes sound a little hysterical about this because we come from places that have tried this and we know where it leads. Anybody who's lived in countries with socialized health care knows that it becomes the dominant political issue Picture Quote #1

My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run by the mob. The only gay people he'd met when I came out to him were corpses Picture Quote #1

And in his brain, which is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage, he hath strange places crammed with observation, the which he vents in mangled forms Picture Quote #1

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Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents Picture Quote #1

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis Picture Quote #1

Anyway, in my writing I've always been interested in finding places to stand, and I've found it very useful to have a direct experience of what I'm writing about Picture Quote #1

My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places Picture Quote #1

In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation Picture Quote #1

Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner. It's in any game that you're in - a business game or whatever - you can't get complacent Picture Quote #1

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I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people Picture Quote #1

But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do Picture Quote #1

YouTube is very addictive. I refused to put it on my favorite places because it's too easy to go there Picture Quote #1

I told my doctor I broke my arm in two places. He told me to keep out of those places Picture Quote #1

I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take you Picture Quote #1

Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own Picture Quote #1

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At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you would want people to follow in all kinds of places Picture Quote #1

It is easy to say resist; but the command is bitter irony, unless we go on to say with the New Testament, whom resist steadfast in the faith. No man, my dear brother, can stand in the slippery places where we have to go, unless he have the grasp of a higher and stronger hand to keep him up Picture Quote #1

I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do Picture Quote #1

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can Picture Quote #1

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul Picture Quote #1

Go into one of our cool churches, and begin to count the words that might be spared, and in most places the entire sermon will go Picture Quote #1

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Men run away to other countries because they are not good in their own, and run back to their own because they pass for nothing in the new places Picture Quote #1

When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places Picture Quote #1

His last day places man in the same state as he was before he was born; not after death has the body or soul any more feeling than they had before birth Picture Quote #1

I am finding that vulnerability gives me great strength, because you're not hiding anymore. It's really about being a pioneer for myself, going into the places where I am not being taught. I have to teach myself Picture Quote #1

Cornwall is one of the most beautiful places, with great people - there's not a great downside to it Picture Quote #1

If a person tells me he has been to the worst places I have no reason to judge him; but if he tells me it was his superior wisdom that enabled him to go there, then I know he is a fraud Picture Quote #1

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Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places (Places Quotes) Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can accomplish a lot, but it can't access the hidden places (Places Quotes) My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the mystery section, sometimes in the humor department, and occasionally even in the literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding (Places Quotes) We immigrants can sometimes sound a little hysterical about this because we come from places that have tried this and we know where it leads. Anybody who's lived in countries with socialized health care knows that it becomes the dominant political issue (Places Quotes) My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run by the mob. The only gay people he'd met when I came out to him were corpses (Places Quotes) And in his brain, which is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage, he hath strange places crammed with observation, the which he vents in mangled forms (Places Quotes) Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents (Places Quotes) The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis (Places Quotes) Anyway, in my writing I've always been interested in finding places to stand, and I've found it very useful to have a direct experience of what I'm writing about (Places Quotes) My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places (Places Quotes) In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation (Places Quotes) Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner. It's in any game that you're in - a business game or whatever - you can't get complacent (Places Quotes) I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people (Places Quotes) But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do (Places Quotes) YouTube is very addictive. I refused to put it on my favorite places because it's too easy to go there (Places Quotes) I told my doctor I broke my arm in two places. He told me to keep out of those places (Places Quotes) I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take you (Places Quotes) Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own (Places Quotes) At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you would want people to follow in all kinds of places (Places Quotes) It is easy to say resist; but the command is bitter irony, unless we go on to say with the New Testament, whom resist steadfast in the faith. No man, my dear brother, can stand in the slippery places where we have to go, unless he have the grasp of a higher and stronger hand to keep him up (Places Quotes) I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do (Places Quotes) Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can (Places Quotes) Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul (Places Quotes) Go into one of our cool churches, and begin to count the words that might be spared, and in most places the entire sermon will go (Places Quotes) Men run away to other countries because they are not good in their own, and run back to their own because they pass for nothing in the new places (Places Quotes) When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places (Places Quotes) His last day places man in the same state as he was before he was born; not after death has the body or soul any more feeling than they had before birth (Places Quotes) I am finding that vulnerability gives me great strength, because you're not hiding anymore. It's really about being a pioneer for myself, going into the places where I am not being taught. I have to teach myself (Places Quotes) Cornwall is one of the most beautiful places, with great people - there's not a great downside to it (Places Quotes) If a person tells me he has been to the worst places I have no reason to judge him; but if he tells me it was his superior wisdom that enabled him to go there, then I know he is a fraud (Places Quotes)

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