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Cutting Quotes - Page 11

I want to cut off her head and take out her heart.

Bram Stoker, Mort Castle (2014). “Dracula”, p.167, "F+W Media, Inc."

You cannot strengthen one by weakening another; and you cannot add to the stature of a dwarf by cutting off the leg of a giant.

Benjamin Franklin Fairless (1950). “Business, Big and Small, Built America: Statement Before the Subcommittee on the Study of Monopoly Power of the House Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, D.C., April 26-28, 1950”

The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.

Leonard Cohen (2014). “Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen”, p.355, Omnibus Press

Editing is everything. Cut until you can cut no more.

" Ten rules for writing fiction" by Elmore Leonard, Diana Athill, Margaret Atwood, Roddy Doyle, Helen Dunmore, Geoff Dyer, Anne Enright, Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen, Esther Freud, Neil Gaiman, David Hare, PD James, AL Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.