“There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.”
Michael Faraday (1791–1867) English scientist
“The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It's quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch.”
Source: Conversations With Nadine Gordimer
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