"Writing is a kind of free fall that you then go back and edit and shape."

-- Allan Gurganus

#Fall Quotes #Writing Quotes #Shapes Quotes

“Come, drink the mystic wine of Night, Brimming with silence and the stars; While earth, bathed in this holy light, Is seen without its scars.”
“Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness.”
“When I put my faith in Jesus Christ as my savior, and I asked him to forgive and to come into my life, and He does - from that moment forward I have established a personal relationship with God that I have to develop, you know, through Bible reading and prayer, and living my life for him.”
“To understand just one life you have to swallow the world ... do you wonder, then, that I was a heavy child?”
“We've got to show that blacks and whites are treated equally in the army. Otherwise, what's the point of waging war on Hitler?”
“You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.”
“You can't have a happy family if you don't have a happy marriage.”
“A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.”

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