"Often poets fall into groups that exclude others, and don't pay attention to those who write in different ways. It seems so limited to me."

-- Martha Ronk

#Fall Quotes #Writing Quotes #Groups Quotes

“It's baseball. You've got to be the same guy every day, no matter if you go 4-for-4 or 0-for-4.”
“I am sick of women who love one. Women who hate one are much more interesting.”
“Tell the story you want to tell, and let it be as long as it needs to be. Worry about marketing it later.”
“It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.”

Source : Susan Fenimore Cooper (1998). “Rural Hours”, p.126, University of Georgia Press
“I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me, the pleasant certainty that those rather passive virtues which had won me approval as a child automatically guaranteed me not only Phi Beta Kappa keys but happiness, honor, and the love of a good man; lost a certain touching faith in the totem power of good manners, clean hair, and a proven competence on the Stanford-Binet scale. To such doubtful amulets had my self-respect been pinned, and I faced myself that day with the non-plused apprehension of someone who has come across a vampire and has no crucifix at hand.”
“One of the most amazing things I got from the film, so much green screen, there are so many moments and it really taught me about how important it is to have an intention when flying, when going somewhere and having an intention.”

Source : Susane Colasanti (2013). “So Much Closer”, p.222, Scholastic UK
“Comfort is the enemy of achievement.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dr. Farrah Gray from Mar 15, 2013
“Everyone bowed to that unwritten law of family life which ordains that, in the long run, everyone submerges his personal preference in the effort to conform to that of the member of the circle who complains most loudly and is most difficult to satisfy.”

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