"Exercise the muscles that compassionately open the heart.In your writing and your life."

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Source : Dinty W. Moore (2012). “The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

Dinty W. Moore

#Writing Quotes #Heart Quotes #Exercise Quotes

“Well, it seems all the fish in the rivers are dying. Could this be an act of cod?”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I got the idea she'd done her makeup up special for this. Not that she needed much. She was utterly and completely beautiful, except for the hate shining in her eyes.”
“Arthur, their young king, like a hero out of legend.”
“Bella: "I'd say I'm sorry, but I'm not." Edward: "And I should feel sorry that you're not sorry, but I don't.”
“Neglect not your time, nor use it haphazardly; on the contrary you should bring yourself to account. Structure your litanies and other practices during each day and night. This is how to bring about the spiritual blessing (baraka) in each period. If each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, Be not like the deceived fools who are joyous because each day their wealth increases while their life grows ever shorter.”
“It is a paradox. Life is that way. God designed it that way. I believe I met him once. He was full of mischief.”
“Being oppressed means the absence of choices”
“Politics is a life sentence. It's an obsessive, all-demanding, utterly fascinating, totally committing profession - stimulating, satisfying, stretching.”

Source : "Noble obliges". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2006.

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