"I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it's much more important to be a reader than to be a writer!"

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Linda Sue Park

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Change the scheme! Alter the mood! Electrify the boys and girls, if you'd be so kind.”
“A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.”

Source : Diane Setterfield (2007). “The Thirteenth Tale”, p.269, Simon and Schuster
“From several of the Indian tribes inhabiting the country bordering on Lake Erie purchases have been made of lands on conditions very favorable to the United States, and, as it is presumed, not less so to the tribes themselves.”
“My best race is the 100 fly, but for the 50 you just have to go really fast one way so I really like it too. It's not the same strategy. For the 50 I just breathed once, so it's really different from the 100 fly.”
“To change your language you must change your life.”

Source : Derek Walcott (2014). “The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013”, p.83, Macmillan
“One thing is certain: wherever the enemy lands, if once we can get to grips with him on the Continent, where we are not dependent on supplies from overseas, that ought to be, and will be, all right with us.”
“Slow down, simplify and be kind.”

Source : Naomi Judd (2008). “Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers”, p.46, Simon and Schuster
“When the going is good and the putts are dropping, you love your putter. When it's going bad, it's like it has betrayed you and you want to throw the sucker in a lake.”

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