"why, why, when one writes, does a sort of shackle bind one's imagination? I become conscious of a deadening mediocrity, perhaps a form of mental cowardice, and I long to break free, to let my imagination take wings. It doesn't - yet ..."

-- Winifred Holtby

#Writing Quotes #Wings Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations.”
“Man is better without knowledge of things to come, for what is to be will be, and man can neither avert nor hasten. It is better to go in the dark when the road must pass a lion and there is no other road.”

Source : Robert E. Howard (2006). “Kull: Exile of Atlantis”, p.128, Del Rey
“There's no theme, no moral to be learned, except for the knowledge that lightning can strike from a clear blue sky one morning and take away everything you've built, everything you've counted on, leaving wreckage and no meaning behind. It can happen to anyone, it can happen to you.”
“I'm trying to be as green as I can. As an airline pilot, I have a carbon footprint that's a size 10, so it's pretty hard.”
“Chicago is many things to many people, and to me, it is a place where you can write.”
“I sensed she [Sarah Harmer] had this look on her face like, 'Jesus, if you can do it, I certainly can.' But I had nothing to teach her, let's put it that way.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“Our subjective judgment of what seems like a good bet is irrelevant to what is actually a good bet.”
“If I had a dog, I'd train him to kill on command. And the command I'd use would be, "Is he friendly?"”

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