"The writing process for a short story feels more like field geology, where you keep turning the thing over and over, noting its qualities in detail, hammering at it, putting it near flame, pouring different acids on it, and then finally you figure out what it is, or you just give up and mount it on a ring and have an awkward chunky piece of jewelry that seems weirdly dominating but that you for some reason like. I could be wrong about field geology here."

-- Rivka Galchen

#Giving Up Quotes #Writing Quotes #Flames Quotes

“Education is in danger of becoming a religion based on fear; its doctrine is to compete. Our children are being led to believe that they are doomed to failure in a world which has room only for those at the top.”

Source : Eda J. LeShan (1967). “The Conspiracy Against Childhood”, New York : Atheneum
“I wonder what you look like under your t-shirt. I wonder what you sound like when you're not wearing words. I wonder what we have when we're not pretending...”
“I still care for you, you know.. That phrase again. Everyone cares for me. They just don't know how to love me.”
“I miss you, but I haven't met you yet!”
“Music is the effort we make to explain to ourselves how our brains work. We listen to Bach transfixed because this is listening to a human mind.”

Source : Lewis Thomas (1990). “A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays”
“If there's no inner peace, people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you. Your children can't give it to you. You have to give it to you.”
“I'll be your crying shoulder, I'll be love's suicide, I'll be better when I'm older, I'll be the greatest fan of your life.”

Source : Song: I'LL BE Album 'Misguided Roses'
“Knowledge and action combined can win over any adversity known to man.”

Source : Karen Hawkins (2010). “One Night in Scotland”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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