"Writing ought either to be the manufacture of stories for which there is a market demand - a business as safe and commendable as making soap or breakfast foods - or it should be an art, which is always a search for something for which there is no market demand, something new and untried, where the values are intrinsic and have nothing to do with standardized values."

-- Willa Cather

#Art Quotes #Writing Quotes #Stories Quotes

“The ban directly hampers the partys ability to spread its message and hamstrings voters seeking to inform themselves about the candidates and issues,”
“Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine”
“How much the wife is dearer than the bride.”

Source : "An Irregular Ode", as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 868-71, 1922.
“Nothing in the world delights a truly religious people so much as consigning them to eternal damnation.”

Source : James Hogg (2016). “The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Gothic Classic): Psychological Thriller”, p.153, e-artnow
“There are three people in yourself:Who people think you are, Who you think you are, and who you really are.”
“Just because we are women doesn't mean the only roles we can play are that of the finger-shaking girlfriend.”
“Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents.”
“The present moment holds the key to liberation. But you cannot find the present moment as long as you are your mind.”

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