"There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you."

-- Beatrix Potter

#Writing Quotes #Stories Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings...”

Source : Charles W. Chesnutt (2015). “The Marrow of Tradition”, p.222, Xist Publishing
“Then, once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing new for me, I've been doing that for 25 years. The soul searching part of it, the spontaneous part of it, that was, and remains, a really terrific process.”
“The seas will continue to rise no matter who gets elected president.”
“My sons and I thoroughly enjoy Legos. We go to the toy store every week for more. I never want to take what we build apart; I want to put it on a shelf. My wife is starting to get a little annoyed with the Legos lying around.”
“The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to.”
“...we should always act as if it were impossible to fail.”
“Life involves other people and it is a compromise.”
“Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.”

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