A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general…

Raymond Chandler
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A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). Trouble Is My Business: A Novel, p.5, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
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A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). Trouble Is My Business: A Novel, p.5, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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