"I probably have less revision than those who have that wonderful rush of story to tell - you know, I can't wait to tell you what happened the other day. It comes tumbling out and maybe then they go back and refine. I kind of envy that way of working, but I just have never done it."

-- Amy Hempel

#Envy Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Tumbling Quotes

“As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them.”
“History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead.”

Source : Wilbur Smith (2008). “Rage”, p.238, Pan Macmillan
“We must lay before him what is in us; not what ought to be in us.”
“See you tomorrow,â€ he said, instead. â€œAll right.â€ Then, impulsively, I asked, â€œDo you have a place to sleep tonight?â€ â€œSure,â€ he said with a smile, and started off as if he had somewhere to be. I could have bitten off my tongue because I pushed him into a lie. Once he started lying to me, it would be harder to get him to trust me with the truth. I donâ€™t know why it works that way, but it doesâ€”at least in my experience.”
“Fans today don't only care about achievement, but about good looks, good public appearance and good lifestyle.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Diamonds are forever.”
“We are now running out of time, and the question now is not what is happening to the climate, but how bad will it be before the world starts doing enough?”
“The love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry; these three things are one thing. This is the unspoken creed of haiku poets.”

Source : Reginald Horace Blyth (1995). “The genius of haiku: readings from R.H. Blyth on poetry, life, and Zen”

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