"Those who will not reason, perish in the act. Those who will not act, perish for that reason."

-- W. H. Auden

“If I was in love with someone, I would get their picture out of the school yearbook and do portraits. If I was curious about sex, I would draw pictures of it. There were no books for me to look at. Then I would go find my father's matches to burn the paper”

Source : Interview with Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com. 1994.
“Know that you have complete control over what you put in your mouth. No one ever ate anything by accident.”
“Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the courses in which it moves”
“The word snob belongs to the sour-grape vocabulary.”
“Faith in Christ is the only thing to save you from despair.”
“I think my experience is going to make a difference, but I also think that my speed and power are going to make a bigger difference.”
“Write like you're in love. Edit like you're in charge.”

Source : James Scott Bell (2016). “Just Write: Creating Unforgettable Fiction and a Rewarding Writing Life”, p.241, "F+W Media, Inc."
“I have a need of silence and of stars. Too much is said too loudly. I am dazed. The silken sound of whirled infinity Is lost in voices shouting to be heardâ€¦”

Source : William Alexander Percy (1944). “The collected poems of William Alexander Percy”

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