"Choosing writing as a career, just by itself, is a measure of not being a calculating person."

-- Justin Cronin

#Writing Quotes #Careers Quotes #Persons Quotes

“You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.”

Source : Jonathan Carroll (2005). “Outside the Dog Museum”, p.89, Macmillan
“Each of us will taste the bitter ashes of life, from sin and neglect to sorrow and disappointment. But the atonement of Christ can lift us up in beauty from our ashes on the wings of a sure promise of immortality and eternal life. He will thus lift us up, not only at the end of life, but in each day of our lives.”
“Nobody comes here anymore, its too crowded”
“I'm very structured. I like planning things out. I get frustrated when they don't go according to plan.”
“You're dangerous."he says. Why?" Because you make me believe in the impossible." â€” Simone Elkeles (Rules of Attraction)”
“St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent.' This is the conviction that we bring with us from early childhood and apply to everyday life and to our lives in general. It gets stronger as we grow up, unless we are touched by the Gospel and begin the spiritual journey. This journey is a process of dismantling the monumental illusion that God is distant or absent.”

Source : Thomas Keating (2014). “Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit”, p.5, Lantern Books
“Some people thought that if you put pressure on kids, parents, and teachers and schools, the pressure alone would produce results. It appealed to people who think the quick fix for education is to threaten people. It's not a left-right division.”

Source : "Q&A: Deborah Meier". Interview with Gary Moskowitz, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2008.
“The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.”

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