"It is always difficult to get across to people who are not professional writers that a talent to write does not mean a talent to write anything at all."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Writing Quotes #Mean Quotes #People Quotes

“There is no wonder more supernatural and divine in the life of a believer than the mystery and ministry of prayer...the hand of the child touching the arm of the Father and moving the wheel of the universe.”
“The things which hurt, instruct.”
“The narrow mind rejects; wisdom accepts.”

Source : Thubten Yeshe (2011). “When the Chocolate Runs Out”, p.136, Simon and Schuster
“Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation.”
“One should always act from one's inner sense of rhythm.”
“Waiting is one of life's hardships. It is hard enough to wait for chocolate cream pie while burnt roast beef is still on your plate. It is plenty difficult to wait for Halloween when the tedious month of September is still ahead of you. But to wait for one's adopted uncle to come home while a greedy and violent man is upstairs was one of the worst waits the Baudelaires had ever experienced.”
“I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth.”
“Matters of small concern should be treated seriously.”

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