"Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading."

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Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction". www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

Annie Proulx

#Reading Quotes #Years Quotes #Through The Years Quotes

“This is the gist of all worship: to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva. And if he sees Shiva only in the image, his worship is but preliminary. He who has served and helped one poor man seeing Shiva in him, without thinking of his caste or creed or race or anything, with him Shiva is more pleased than with the man who sees Him only in temples”
“Have all beautiful things sad destinies?”

Source : Jean Rhys (1966). “Wide Sargasso Sea”
“You know, my grandmother used to say, 'While I'm down here planning, God's up there laughing.' I guess the thing with most things that are worthwhile is that you can't give up easily. You've got to hang in.”
“And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship.”
“I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film.”
“When you wish for something over and over again and it doesn't come true, something else happens; not only do you give up, but you resent your wish and you resent wishing.”

Source : Elna Baker (2009). “The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance: A Memoir”, p.62, Penguin
“Usually, old ladies tell me to find Jesus. Look, I'm just trying to find some chai and a good vegan muffin.”

Source : "Despairing with AFI" by Kate Stroup in Rolling Stone Magazine, March 25, 2003.
“Quit praying about yourself and spend your life for the sake of others as the bondservant of Jesus. That is the true meaning of being broken bread and poured-out wine in real life.”

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