"I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet."

-- Ludwig van Beethoven

#Writing Quotes #Letters Quotes #Alphabet Quotes

“Whenever somebody says they need an angle for their story I always fear that they've got an idea and they want me to fit into it or they want me to come up with an idea myself or I'm supposed to be more revealing than I've been, and to me it just sounds like something I don't want to do.”
“Look at all our old men in pubs. Look at all our young people on drugs.”
“Work made me crazy. I was tough to get along with.”
“Most people are too silly to be truly interested in any thing. They herd together like cattle, and do not know what is good for them.”

Source : Frank R. Stockton (1906). “THE QUEEN'S MUSEUM AND OTHER FANCIFUL TALES”
“At first he thought he felt bad because he was afraid of leading an army, but it wasn't true. He knew he'd make a good commander. He felt himself wanting to cry. He hadn't cried since the first few days of homesickness after he got here. He tried to put a name on the feeling that put a lump in his throat and made him sob silently, however much he tried to hold it down. He bit down on his hand to stop the feeling, to replace it with pain. It didn't help.”
“Extreme poverty is the best breeding ground on earth for disease, political instability, and terrorism.”
“She was coming. I watched the slight figure grow out of the dusk between the trees, and the darkness in which I had walked of late fell away. The wood that had been so gloomy was a place of sunlight and song; had red roses sprung up around me I had felt no wonder. She came softly and slowly with bent head and hanging arms, not knowing that I was near. I went not to meet her - it was my fancy to have her come to me still - but when she raised her eyes and saw me I fell upon my knees.”

Source : Mary Johnston (1857). “To Have and to Hold”, p.339, Library of Alexandria
“Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.”

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