"What's agitating about solitude is the inner voice telling you that you should be mated to somebody, that solitude is a mistake. The inner voice doesn't care about who you find. It just keeps pestering you, tormenting you ..."

-- Charles Baxter

#Mistake Quotes #Voice Quotes #Solitude Quotes

“I guess I've shot about 40,000 negatives and of these I have about 800 pictures I like.”
“What part of me was born with the courage to stand in front of strangers and risk rejection?”
“If you fall stand tall and come back for more.”
“Skepticism is history's bedfellow.”
“I am very careful about what I eat, and I exercise pretty much every day, whether it be rock-climbing, running, Muay Thai, yoga, horse riding, stand-up paddleboarding, or plain and simple working out.”
“The true beloveds of this world are in their lover's eyes lilacs opening, ship lights, school bells, a landscape, remembered conversations, friends, a child's Sunday, lost voices, one's favorite suit, autumn and all seasons, memory, yes, it being the earth and water of existence, memory.”
“You can't shape me anymore. I am the uncontrolled element, the random act. I am forward movement in time. You think you can see me? Then tell me, who am I? You don't know.”
“I think you have to remember that writing is hard; my first editor used to say that to me.”

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