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Words I Wish I Wrote: A Collection of Writing That Inspired My Ideas
Words I Wish I Wrote A Collection of Writing That Inspired My Ideas
Author: Robert Fulghum
In Words I Wish I Wrote, Fulghum reveals the works of writers who have inspired him. As he says, "When I look deep beneath my declarations I see the underlying thoughts of others. As hard as I have tried to speak in my own voice, I realize now that nothing I have said is original or unique. My expressions echo and imitate the stateme...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060175603
ISBN-10: 0060175605
Publication Date: 10/1997
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Harpercollins
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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A sampling of the wisdom in "Words I Wish I Wrote":

"...he allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers gave birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves." -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Robert Fulghum's books have always caused me to stop and think. He does it again, giving us thoughts that caused him to stop and think.


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