"I sat down at the piano and my hands began to browse over the keys. Thensomething happened. I felt as though I could reach out and touch God. I foundmyself playing a melody, one I'd never heard or played before, and words came intomy head - they just seemed to fall into place."

-- Thomas A. Dorsey

#Fall Quotes #Keys Quotes #Hands Quotes

“That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst.”
“Why should we refuse the happiness this hour gives us, because some other hour might take it away?”
“...Every single one of us goes through life depending on and bound by our individual knowledge and awareness. And we call it reality. However, both knowledge and awareness are equivocal. One's reality might be another's illusion. We all live inside our own fantasies, don't you think?”
“Yesterday is history Tomorrow's a mystery”

Source : Song: Mirrors
“When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values.”
“That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal.”

Source : "In ‘Salvage the Bones,’ Jesmyn Ward Tells Personal Story of Hurricane Katrina". Interview with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. August 26, 2011.
“It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.”
“People have always said I have an old soul, and all my best friends are 10 to 15 years my senior.”

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