"I think some people wished I'd kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I'm doing it completely intellectually."

-- Helen Garner

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“You cannot change your journey if you are unwilling to move at all.”

Source : Ally Condie (2012). “Reached”, p.125, Penguin
“I am convinced that I am acting as the agent of our Almighty Creator. By fighting the Jews, I am doing the Lord's work.”
“Mystics always hope that science will some day overtake them.”
“Each and every human being on Earth has both the responsibility and the privilege of viewing themselves as Divine beings with the power to bring about peace.”
“Worshiping God even amid despair is a way to defy the Adversary and declare our valuing of the good-the best-in life: the Lord!”
“Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did. Then, start by copying them...just as an exercise. See if you can do similar things. Learn how to write a song like so and so. Then, when you've done that, write a song like yourself. Learn to color within the lines before going outside them.”
“The simplest things are often the truest.”
“I never knew how to throw a fastball, never learned how to throw a curveball, a slider, split-finger, whatever they're throwing nowadays. I was a one-pitch pitcher.”

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