"Seagulls . . . slim yachts of the element."

-- Robinson Jeffers

#Bird Quotes #Elements Quotes #Slim Quotes

“Good prose almost always requires both showing and telling, scenes and summary, the two basic components of creative prose.”

Source : Laurie Alberts (2010). “Showing & Telling: Learn How to Show & When to Tell for Powerful & Balanced Writing”, p.1, F+W Media, Inc.
“One of the worst things anybody can do is assume. I think fools assume. If people have really got it together, they never assume anything. They believe, they work hard, and they prepare- but they don't assume.”
“It wasn't the Medal of Honor that changed my life. It was being in Vietnam itself. The close situations changed my whole way of thinking about my life. It showed me that things can disappear like the snap of your fingers. As a young guy you thought you were invincible and nothing could ever hurt you, and stuff like that, and living life to the fullest.”
“Our firm view is that the president has no legal authority, none whatsoever, to commit American troops to war in the Persian Gulf or anywhere else without congressional authorization.”
“I've always thought there are two ways of getting what you wanted in life.Forcing people to give it to you,or making them want to give it to you.”
“This desert town was man's own miracle of pure purposelessness.”
“You know the first time I sat in the chair I felt anything but up, it was very emotional for me. I had a chair in my hotel room, a chair at rehearsal, and I was trying to spend as much time as I could in the chair.”
“You haven't lived until you've died in California”

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