"A sense of the value of time... is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry."

-- Arnold Bennett

#Essentials Quotes #Method Quotes #Working It Quotes

“Do not pursue with the terrible scourge him who deserves a slight whip. [Lat., Ne scutica dignum horribili sectere flagello.]”
“The books weren't exactly Linnet's general reading fare, but a desperate woman will read anything.”

Source : Eloisa James (2011). “When Beauty Tamed The Beast: Number 2 in series”, p.64, Hachette UK
“Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that.”
“To turn away a guest is poorest poverty;To bear with fools is mightiest might.”
“Something like going to get the newspaper can increase your writing efficiency by taking you away from the material. When I'm doing other things, writing stuff will be swirling around in my head, and sometimes I'll see a new way into the material.”
“We need to be skeptical of utopianists who offer unreliable totalistic visions of other worlds and strive to take us there. We need some ideals, but we also need to protect ourselves from the miscalculations and misadventures of visionaries.”
“In life and art we need to make sure that we honour that which our hearts and brains tell us is good. And we should cast a philosophic yet curious smile at that which our hearts and brains tell us otherwise.”
“Here's a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don't worry, be happy In every life we have some trouble But when you worry you make it double Don't worry, be happy Don't worry, be happy now”

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