"When one writes, thereâ€™s the double horror of discovering not only what it is that one so fears but also the triviality of that fear."

-- Deborah Eisenberg

#Writing Quotes #Horror Quotes #Triviality Quotes

“The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.”
“A dream inspiring a story is different than placing a description of a dream in a story. When you describe a character's dream, it has to be sharper than reality in some way, and more meaningful. It has to somehow speak to plot, character, and all the rest. If you're writing something fantastical, it can be a really deadly choice because your story already has elements that can seem dreamlike.”
“I see the origin of the irresistible attraction of metaphor and analogy, the explanation of our strange and permanent need to find similarities in things. I can scarcely refrain from suspecting some ancient, diffused magnetism; a call from the center of things; a dim, almost lost memory, or perhaps a presentiment, pointless in so puny a being, of a universal syntax.”

Source : Roger Caillois (1985). “The writing of stones”, Univ of Virginia Pr
“Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.”
“The instruments, glassware, and chemical reagents necessary for my project were the same as my 19th-century predecessors had.”
“Exact knowledge is the enemy of vitalism.”
“To make a small town achieve its potential, you need everybody. When a blind person carries a crippled person who can see, both of them get where they're going.”
“A PERSON WHO CANNOT FORGIVE HAS FORGOTTEN HOW GREAT A DEBT GOD HAS FORGIVEN THEM.”

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