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Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.

I found it on a quotes site during lockdown. I made it my mantra for perseverance.

The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it.

It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.

There’s one I quote quite a lot. I’d forgotten it was a Pratchettism.

Give a man a fire and he’s warm for a day, but set fire to him and he’s warm for the rest of his life.

The quote is from Jingo I think.

There’s an ace one about dreams and working hard.

If you trust in yourself and believe in your dreams and follow your star, you’ll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren’t so lazy.

The Wee Free Men

Writing tips? I’m in!!

If your character’s conversations are too much like a radio script, give your character something to fiddle with.

If youir chapter is too shart or you desperately need to pad word count, make two characters argue about something. It is good if you need them to miss something obvious for “plot reasons”.

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