Like every beginner, I have thought you could beat, pummel and thrash …

Ray Bradbury
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Like every beginner, I have thought you could beat, pummel and thrash an idea into existence. Under such treatment, of course, any decent idea folds up its paws, turns on its back, fixes its eyes on eternity, and dies. ✨ Ray Bradbury (1988). Dandelion Wine, p.3, Dramatic Publishing
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Like every beginner, I have thought you could beat, pummel and thrash an idea into existence. Under such treatment, of course, any decent idea folds up its paws, turns on its back, fixes its eyes on eternity, and dies. ✨ Ray Bradbury (1988). Dandelion Wine, p.3, Dramatic Publishing

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