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Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. |
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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.- Francis Bacon
Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the drink of babes, tea the drink of women, and water the drink of beasts.
Read. Read. Read. Just do not read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
I became much happier when I realized I shouldn't depend solely on my career for my sense of self. So I developed other interests and surrounded myself with a small group of friends I could trust.
There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I do not believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed.
