Quote by Andre Dubus

I think what I love most about writing is that feeling that you really nailed something. I rarely feel it with a whole piece, but sometimes with a line you feel that it really captured what it is that you had inside you and you got it out for a stranger to read, someone who may never love you or meet you, but he or she is going to get that experience from that line.

I think what I love most about writing is that feeling that

Summary

This quote encapsulates the gratification and fulfillment that comes from the act of writing. The author expresses their deep affection for the sense of achievement that arises when they feel they have truly captured their emotions or thoughts within the words of a single line. Despite the potential for the reader to be a stranger, never knowing or meeting the writer, the beauty lies in the connection formed through the intimate experience conveyed by that line.

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