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In writing. . . remember that the biggest stories are not written about wars, or about politics, or even murders. The biggest stories are written about the things which draw human beings closer together.

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Elizabeth Wein

It's an illusion I've noticed before-- words on a page are like oxygen to a petrol engine, firing up ghosts. It only lasts while the words are in your head. After you put down the paper or pen, the pistons fall lifeless again.

Fall, Ghosts, Lifeless, Oxygen, Paper
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It's like being in love, discovering your best friend.

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But I have told the truth. Isn't that ironic? They sent me because I am so good at telling lies. But I have told the truth.

Good, Ironic, Lying, Telling Lies, Told

It's impossible to stall a Lizzie.

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I think that what I do is a form of pathetic fallacy, the literary trope in which nature is in sympathy with the mood of the story. I connect the physical setting and props in the story to the emotional state of the characters.

Character, Emotional, Nature, Props, Sympathy, Thinking

He just put his hand through the bulkhead, exactly as she'd done, and squeezed my shoulder. He has very strong fingers. And he kept his hand there the whole way home, even when he was reading the map and giving me headings. So I am not flying alone now after all.

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