"Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you will like and some that you think might not be for you. You might be surprised."

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Source : "Michael Morpurgo's top tips for writing". www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2011.

Michael Morpurgo

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Fear, anger, stubbornness, and distrust portray themselves as your rescuers. Actually these energies only make you more closed off. Tell yourself: Nobody ever solved a situation by panicking; no one ever solved a situation by refusing to hear new answers; no one solved a situation by shutting down...”
“Whatever you put your attention on in this life, will increase in your life. As you put your attention on angels, they will begin increasingly to make their presence known to you.”

Source : Denise Linn (2010). “Sacred Space: Enhancing the Energy of Your Home and Office”, p.232, Random House
“We get together with people because they're the same or because they're different, and in the end we split with them for exactly the same reasons.”
“Thanks to history books, I have realised that people over the years have been dying of war, and that enabled me to realise that there is nothing stupid like war.”
“You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.”
“Moralityâ€”like velocityâ€”is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around you are doing. All one can do is measure one's position in relation to them; never can one measure one's velocity or morality in terms of absolutes.”
“If we continue at this leisurly pace, we will have to pass Russian customs when we land on the moon.”
“I think I give far more space and play to avant-garde writing than any other contemporary textbook author. I want students to be able to decide for themselves which aesthetics are closest to their own. Still, while I try not to be a nostalgist myself, I suppose I am drawn to those poignant moments in our lives, rendered clearly and artfully.”

Source : Source: andreaauten.wordpress.com

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