I have hated the words and loved them and I hope I have made them right – The Book Thief
If you are one of the handful of readers who stop by here now and again, you know that Older Eyes is a lover of words. Perhaps handful of readers sounds like a lament or even a complaint … and anyone who’s ever put words to a page would call me a liar if I denied a wish for more readers … but I bring it up today as evidence. A man doesn’t write nearly a million words in four years for a small audience unless he truly loves the way it feels as the words flow from imagination to fingertips to page. Lately, however, although the words still flow, they require more effort and bring less joy. They feel emptier, even though, to this reader, they still read well.
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