"Indeed, the great paradox of the writer's life is how much time he spends alone trying to connect with other people."

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Source : Betsy Lerner (2016). “The Forest for the Trees: An editor's advice to writers”, p.21, Pan Macmillan

Betsy Lerner

#People Quotes #Trying Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity. The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly a human thing â€” by, for and about human beings. If you lose that focus, you obviate the source of the power and permanence of literature.”
“A good teacher teaches people how to see, not what to see.”

Source : "Richard Rohr: Learning To See (VIDEO)". Interview with Travis Reed, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 26, 2012.
“My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When did you feel most fulfilled? When did you impress yourself, or otherwise feel most proud of yourself?”
“Seven and half years ago I began my own journey. For me and my family it was a time of adversity. But during that adversity I derived a deeper faith. And born out of that adversity was a commitment to devote myself to those people and to those issues that truly matter to me.”
“Your fate is to be yourself, both punishment and crime.”
“At no point did the [Burns] committee conclude, or even attempt to conclude, an assessment of cruelty. Yet many bodies have erroneously quoted the Burns report, stating that it clearly demonstrated that the practice of hunting wild animals with dogs caused cruelty. The report did not state that.”
“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.”

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