"One of the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four rules of writing, one of which was, 'You must finish what you write.' I never had any problem with the first one, 'You must write' - I was writing since I was a kid. But I never finished what writing."

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George R. R. Martin

#Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes #Kids Quotes

“I was heading off to my new world. But I was taking a part of my past, and the future, along with me for the ride.”
“In meditation, it is difficult, if not impossible, for most people to become devoid of all mental thoughts, so what we want to do is fill the mind with those thoughts that induce positive feelings of peace, relaxation or happiness.”
“No king nor nation one moment can ***** the appointed hour.”
“With every breath, I plant the seeds of devotion, I am a farmer of the heart.”
“Money... is like a beautiful thoroughbred horse - very powerful & always in action, but unless this horse is trained when very young, it will be an out-of-control & dangerous animal when it grows to maturity.”
“Only to the white man was nature a 'wilderness'.”
“Out of the hills of Habersham, Down the valleys of Hall, I hurry amain to reach the plain; Run the rapid and leap the fall, Split at the rock, and together again Accept my bed, or narrow or wide, And flee from folly on every side With a lover's pain to attain the plain, Far from the hills of Habersham, Far from the valleys of Hall.”

Source : Sidney Lanier (1999). “Poems of Sidney Lanier”, p.24, University of Georgia Press
“Don't settle for average. You were made for greatness.”

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