"I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing."

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Katherine Anne Porter

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“Should the king in exile pretend he is happy there? Should he not seek his own country? His miseries are his ally; they urge him on. Let them grow, if need be. But do not forsake the secret of life; do not despise those kingly desires. We abandon the most important journey of our lives when we abandon desire. We leave our hearts by the side of the road and head off in the direction of fitting in, getting by, being productive, what have you. Whatever we might gain â€“ money, position, the approval of others, or just absence of the discontent self â€“ itâ€™s not worth it.”

Source : "The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life You've Always Dreamed Of".
“I was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: first, one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form of profitable work. This must be accompanied, second, by a haughty contempt for all the forms of work that one has established one cannot do. To these two must be joined, third, the nuttiness to believe that other people can be made to care about your opinions and views and be charmed by the way you state them. Incompetence, contempt, lunacyâ€”once you have these in place, you are set to go.”
“When you blow it, God still celebrates His Son in you. The litmus test of whether or not you understand the gospel is what you do when Â you fail. Do you run from Him and go clean yourself up a little bit before you come back into the throne room? Or do you approach the throne of grace with confidence? If you don't approach the throne of grace with confidence, you don't understand the gospel.”
“Because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to, I don't mean this lightly, distract us from the things that pull us down. Music should be not only a source for political ideas but also a source of hope.”
“I start where the last man left off.”
“Every second you spend thinking about what you don't want in your life is a second denying focus and energy from getting what you do want. Every minute you worry about what's not working is a minute drawn away from creating what will work. And every hour spent reflecting on the disappointments of the past is an hour stolen from seeing the possibilities that your future holds.”
“God shrouds himself in mystery so He can be found by true seekers.”
“The plot is not very important to me, though a novel must have one, of course. It's just a line to hang the washing on.”

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