"I carry the landscape inside me like an ache. The story of who I am cannot be severed from the story of the flatwoods."

-- Janisse Ray

#Who I Am Quotes #Stories Quotes #Landscape Quotes

“NOVEL, n. A short story padded...”
“From 13, I wanted to play drums. I wanted to play with good people and I'm still doing it. I still love it so that's why I do it.”
“I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough yet or anything.”
“A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.”
“Leaves are verbs that conjugate the seasons.”

Source : Gretel Ehrlich (1986). “The Solace of Open Spaces”, Penguin Group USA
“Freud said that everything was secretly sexual. But etymologists know that sex is secretly food.”

Source : Mark Forsyth (2012). “Mark Forysth's Gemel Edition: The Etymologicon and The Horologicon ebook bundle”, p.46, Icon Books Ltd
“Just being in a room with myself is almost more stimulation than I can bear.”
“Silly dark elves. Earth is for Druids.”

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