Chipping Away Quotes - Page 2

• I found I'm quite happy working on a sentence for an hour or more, searching for the right phrase, the right word. I compare it to the work of a stonecutter - chipping away at the raw material until it's just right, or as right as you can get it.

  Harriet Doerr

  Writing, Phrases, Stones

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Oh, God. God, isn't that perfect? He's Dad. He's Dad with a layer of nerd. Solid, steady, chipping away so patiently, you don't even know you've had your shields hacked down until you're defenseless. It's the type." "You're not in love with a type, you're in love with a man," Penny corrected. "Or you're not.

  Nora Roberts

  Dad, Men, Perfect

  Nora Roberts (2011). “The Novels of Nora Roberts”, p.2112, Penguin

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