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“ Under the rough and ridiculous circumstances of life in the Rocky Mountains there was something exciting and vital, full of rude poetry: the heartbeat of the West as it fought its way upward toward civilization. ”

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wherever you find the greatest good, you will find the greatest evil, because evil loves paradise as much as good.

~ Wallace Stegner

Wallace Stegner Evil Good Paradise Philosophy

The flimsy little protestations that mark the front gate of every novel, the solemn statements that any resemblance to real persons living or dead is entirely coincidental, are fraudulent every time. A writer has no other material to make his people from than the people of his experience ... The only thing the writer can do is to recombine parts, suppress some characterisitics and emphasize others, put two or three people into one fictional character, and pray the real-life prototypes won't sue.

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Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not towisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.

~ Wallace Stegner

Wallace Stegner Heartbreak Hurt Life Lessons Scars Wisdom Wounds

The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.

~ Wallace Stegner

Wallace Stegner Hurt Life Lessons Scars Wisdom Wounds