"It's very difficult, I think for most writers, to carve out the time and the kind of imaginative space to do the writing that you really want to do and also to be an active, engaged, compassionate, giving human being in the world, to the people around you and to your broader community."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Emily Barton

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Space Quotes

“A promise must never be broken.”
“A strong pursuit, give no time for the enemy to think, take advantage of victory, uproot him, cut off his escape route.”

Source : "The Basic Principles of Operational Art and Tactics: A Soviet View". Book by V. Ye. Savkin, 1972.
“Trust that which gives you meaning and accept it as your guide”
“I do not believe that the government should have its long nose poked into the private consensual relationships between people.”
“If Lincoln had an affair with a slave woman, it would be an outrage, but when Clinton does it with one of his staff, everyone is okay with it.”
“I like ghosts. I like friends. I like couplets. I like the idea of a mission.”
“We are the transition from one education to the other.”
“I think that helps because there has been no formality of friendship, the politeness of friendship, so we can just work directly on the work that's ahead of us [with Tom Hardey].”

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