Quote from William Faulkner:

[hiberna_rex]

"Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it. There are no longer problems of the spirit. There is only one question: When will I be blown up? Because of this, the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can

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[toliveinshadow]

I love this quote because it's so true. Writing is all about the human heart in conflict with itself, if that isn't captured, then it's not good writing. hooray for good quotes by epic writers.