"There isn't a thought or feeling that doesn't alter or deepen when written. We are a writing animal. That is why all of us feel we have a book inside us. It isn't an illusion. We have got a book inside us."

-- Carol Bly

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Animal Quotes

“Because here's the thing about a book: when you pick up a story, you put down your own.”

Source : Holly Smale (2015). “All That Glitters (Geek Girl, Book 4)”, p.20, HarperCollins UK
“Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Few have excellence thrust upon them ... They achieve it. They do not achieve it unwittingly by doing what comes naturally and they don't stumble into it in the course of amusing themselves. All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.”
“Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.”
“We build but to tear down. Most of our work and resource is squandered. Our onward march is marked by devastation. Everywhere there is an appalling loss of time, effort and life. A cheerless view, but true.”
“Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.”
“Strange as my circumstances were, the terms of this debate are as old and commonplace as man; much the same inducements and alarms cast the die for any tempted and trembling sinner; and it fell out with me, as it falls with so vast a majority of my fellows, that I chose the better part and was found wanting in the strength to keep to it.”
“The sands of time are quicksands ... so much can sink into them without a trace.”
“I'm not chasing money, so I'm not looking at just trying to stretch out a deal artificially just to have a certain number.”

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