"The common thread in all of my climbing is it was something new, something never done before. That commonality is more important than the discipline."

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If you want to write something completely unique, you will probably fail or at best write something without redeeming value. The mind works in certain patterns: the mind organizes facts in story form; it is your commonality with that body of human thought that makes a good book, not its estrangement from the common values that humans share.

— Janet Morris