"To do something truly great a writer must drive himself 'Far out past where he can go, out to where no one can help him.' "

 -Hemingway

"The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor.  It is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; it is... a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an eye for resemblance."

- Aristotle  322 B.C.

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