"Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire."

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Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

Geoff Dyer

#Regret Quotes #Writing Quotes #Desire Quotes

“There's a fine line between giving the sense of freedom and being too free.”

Source : Guitar Magazine, November 1996.
“[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.”

Source : Jim Henson (2007). “Wisdom from It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider”, p.54, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
“In autumn 2012 I conducted a dedication and blessing service following the Civil Partnership of two wonderful gay Christians. Why? Not to challenge the traditional understanding of marriage - far from it - but to extend to these people what I would do to others: the love and support of our local church.”
“Nothing like one honest look, one honest thought of Christ upon His cross. That tells us how much He has been through, how much He endured, how much He conquered, how much God loved us, who spared not His only begotten Son, but freely gave Him for us. Dare we doubt such a God? Dare we murmur against such a God?”
“Recent research shows that many children who do not have enough to eat wind up with diminished capacity to understand and learn. Children don't have to be starving for this to happen. Even mild undernutrition - the kind most common among poor people in America - can do it.”
“In a malleable world where everything from atoms to cells is changing to match our beliefs, we're limited only by the way we think of ourselves in that world.”
“You have to believe that things will happen, you have to work and love what you're doing.”
“Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.”

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