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“Writing and reading are the only ways to find your voice. It won't magically burst forth in your poems the next time you sit down to write, or the next; but little by little, as you become aware of more choices and begin to make them -- consciously and unconsciously -- your style will develop.”
Source : Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux (2010). “The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry”, p.116, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Whether we like it or not, life has a lot of drama and pain. But God is writing a great story. Are we going to let Him? Are we going to trust Him?”
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“When Julian ascended the throne, he declared his impatience to embrace and reward the Syrian sophist, who had preserved, in a degenerate age, the Grecian purity of taste, of manners and of religion. The emperor's prepossession was increased and justified by the discreet pride of his favourite.”
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“The familiar writer is apt to be his own satirist. Out of his own mouth is he judged.”
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“If you like something, go for it.”
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“I give myself permission to be all that I can be, and I deserve the very best in life.”
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“There is no such thing as a problem breed. However, there is no shortage of 'problem owners'....”
Source : Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier (2006). “Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems”, p.99, Crown Archetype
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“It's still possible to savor the remarkable foods that millennia of human ingenuity have teased from milk. A sip of milk itself or a scoop of ice cream can be a Proustian draft of youth's innocence and energy and possibility, while a morsel of fine cheese is a rich meditation on maturity, the fulfillment of possibility, the way of all flesh.”
Source : Harold McGee (2007). “On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen”, p.8, Simon and Schuster
