“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”
—G. K. Chesterton (via girlwithoutwings)
June 2012
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I love how on tumblr...
- ...something that you posted a month ago can spontaneously receive ridiculous amounts of love seemingly out of nowhere on any given day. Thanks, you guys! You rock!
May 2012
108 posts
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
—Mark Twain (via blua)
“He who has faith has an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.”
—B.C. Forbes (via quote-book)
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
—Paulo Coelho (via kari-shma)
There's no such thing as reading too much.
“If you’re feeling frightened about what comes next, don’t be. Embrace the uncertainty. Allow it to lead you places. Be brave as it challenges you to exercise both your heart and your mind as you create your own path towards happiness, don’t waste time with regret. Spin wildly into your next action. Enjoy the present, each moment, as it comes; because you’ll never get another one quite like it. And if you should ever look up and find yourself lost, simply take a breath and start over. Retrace your steps and go back to the purest place in your heart… where your hope lives. You’ll find your way again.”
—Everwood (via julie911)
How to Remain Sane While Writing →
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While a writer’s number one goal is to improve his or her writing, remaining sane is also somewhat (ok, really) important. So here are some tips on how not to go crazy while embracing the life of the writer (read more).
What tips do you have for remaining sane while writing?
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kari-shma)
“No matter how much I write, there will always be something else I should have said.”
—Megan McCafferty, Fourth Comings (via thesewordsareallihave)
“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
—Charles Bukowski (via aquaticwonder)
“Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him to the public.”
—Winston Churchill (via amandaonwriting)
Writers: Do You Keep a Journal? →
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Journal-writing just seemed like a very writerly thing to do (to me, at least)—as natural as, say, a cook keeping a running cookbook. (read more)
Do you keep a journal? Why or why not?
“It’s not just about the knowledge that you’re importing. It’s also about the flow of the words and use of the language. There’s a beauty in it. There’s an art in it.”
— Patrick Pfeiffer on writing books (via unendingvoyage)
