"The challenge is the same whether or not I'm collaborating: to empathize with your reader and to tell a story that will matter to him or her. But the mechanics of going about that challenge change when you're collaborating, because you have someone to help refine your thinking and expand your vision of what might happen."

-- John Green

#Thinking Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Vision Quotes

“Fading light buttered the ridges until shadows licked them clean and they were lost to nightfall.”

Source : Daniel Woodrell (2012). “Winter's Bone”, p.132, Hachette UK
“But you've slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.”

Source : Maria V. Snyder (2012). “Poison Study”, p.246, Harlequin
“There are countries that prefer to think that they're buying comfort at the cost of others, but I don't think that's the way you can act in this world. There are no neutral groups.”

Source : "Transcript: Jose Maria Aznar on 'Fox News Sunday'". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 18, 2004.
“Sam Walton instilled ownership of the products in the stores into the collective consciousness of every associate regardless of what job they did for the company.”

Source : Michael Bergdahl (2004). “What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World”, p.87, John Wiley & Sons
“No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written”
“The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times. A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.”
“The human soul doesn't want to be fixed, it simply wants to be seen and heard. The soul is like a wild animal - tough, resilient and shy. When we go crashing through the woods shouting for it to come out so we can help it, the soul will stay in hiding. But if we are willing to sit quietly and wait for a while, the soul may show itself.”
“Obviously, the difference between a game and actual training is you're using your whole body, so in that sense, maybe not, although maybe something to do with reaction, the speed of reaction, maybe that was of use during the training.”

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