"Yes, the first draft is the key. That's why I put so much energy, focus, and attention on the first draft, because I respect that first go at the story. If I don't have the key in that first draft, I invariably won't get it in subsequent drafts, though I can craft around it."

-- Caridad Svich

#Keys Quotes #Focus Quotes #Energy Quotes

“Every monster was a man first.”
“The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.”

Source : IRIS MURDOCH (1965). “THE RED AND THE GREEN”
“Sweden is a small country and, well, our family's pretty prominent in that world, I guess. And I really didn't like the sound of just being 'the fourth acting Skarsgard.”
“Being who you are for ever is the price you pay for imÂmorÂtalÂity.”

Source : Hannu Rajaniemi (2012). “The Fractal Prince”, p.82, Hachette UK
“Adversity is the mint in which God stamps upon man his image and superscription.”
“Everything comes with a price. Everything. Some things just cost more than others.”
“Iâ€™m not going to let go of you. Iâ€™m going to hold you all night. So go ahead and feel whatever you feel. If youâ€™re still craving cocaine, go ahead. Youâ€™re safe. You can crave it all you want, but I wonâ€™t let go, and if you still feel like you canâ€™t trust yourself in the morning, and itâ€™s what you want, Iâ€™ll drive you to rehab myself. Okay?" ~ Max”
“Men seized of the urge to have a knowledge of God and to be pure in mind devote all their gathered energies to this one task. While they still live in the corruption of the flesh they give themselves to that service in which they will persevere when the corruption has been laid aside. And already they come in sight of what the Lord and Savior held out when He said, 'Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God' (Mt. 5:8).”

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