The need to express oneself in writing
springs from a maladjustment to life,
or from an inner conflict,
which the adolescent
(or grown man)
cannot resolve
in action
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In every
junior college
fiction writing class,
the words above are quoted
verbatim but it must be admitted
that the full quotation is downright ornery
To give pith and potency to the meaning
of these words, we can direct
our attention to Maurois'
alter ego, Andy Moore,
who once said
the following
words:
When life gives you pain,
you give it literature
***
However,
Andy would have
a difficult time improving
on Andre's profoundly powerful
quote about a slightly different subject
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Footnotes
Andre Maurois was much too philosophically
profound to be limited to this page.
Therefore, please visit
that page
Andre Maurois was much too philosophically
profound to be limited to this page.
Therefore, please visit
that page
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