"Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid."

-- Robert Fulghum

#Stupid Quotes #Done Quotes #Working It Quotes

“Whatever you're doing, you must have patience.”
“I'll live in another world, then.”

Source : Alison McGhee (2013). “All Rivers Flow to the Sea”, p.80, Candlewick Press
“It can be a simple sentence that makes one single point and you build for that. You zero in on one moment that gets that character, you go for it, that's it, man, and if you fail the whole thing is down the drain, but if you make it you hit the moon.”
“I feel extraordinarily peaceful when I'm watching the sun set.”
“As I entered this world, I would leave behind the nurturing of my family and my home, but in another sense I would take their protection with me. The lessons I had learned, the feelings of groundedness and belonging that have been woven into my character there, would be my companions on the journey.”
“I never have [suffered writerâ€™s block], although Iâ€™ve had books that didnâ€™t work out. I had to stop writing them. I just abandoned them. It was depressing, but it wasnâ€™t the end of the world. When it really isnâ€™t working, and youâ€™ve been bashing yourself against the wall, itâ€™s kind of a relief. I mean, sometimes you bash yourself against the wall and you get through it. But sometimes the wall is just a wall. Thereâ€™s nothing to be done but go somewhere else.”
“Learn the ABC of science before you try to ascend to its summit.”

Source : Bequest to the Academic Youth of Soviet Russia, 1936.
“As Stephanie and Lula were going after the bad guys, Lula was making preparations from the trunk of her Firebird. Stephanie looked inside and stopped breathing for a beat. "That's a rocket launcher!" "Yep," Lula said. "It's a big boy. I got it at a yard sale in the projects.”

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