"Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies."

--

Jonathan Stroud

#Lying Quotes #Writing Quotes #Joy Quotes

“Gideon was a force of nature, his magnetic self-possession so powerful it put everyone around him in his shadow. I saw flashes of it every day and was awed by it, but not nearly as much as I was by the charming, wryly amusing lover I had entirely to myself in our private moments together.”
“Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life.”
“You could have a lot of money at your fingertips, the finest education and intellectual knowledge, but if you are governed by fear none of that will matter. You will remain tied to dead ideas and stale strategies. You will not be able to adapt. You will lose what you have.”
“Day is the Child of Time, And Day must cease to be: But Night is without a sire, And cannot expire, One with Eternity.”
“She had perfect features, with her eye, nose, lips, and ears the right size and in right places. That is all it takes to make people beautiful, normal body parts â€“ yet why does nature mess it up so many times?”
“A lifestyle change begins with a vision and a single step.”

Source : Jeff Galloway (2017). “Jeff Galloway: Your Personal Running Journal: Logging Your Progress, Keeping Your Motivation”, p.38, Meyer & Meyer Sport
“The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.”
“I'm connected with a lot of different paranormal groups out there worldwide, a lot of different spiritual people. My networking over the course of the past 40 years has really grown where I deal with quite a bit. There's a lot of work that I do behind-the-scenes that I just don't ever talk about or things that don't always come to the forefront as far as investigating and getting involved with spiritual people, meaning any type of clergy, because I do work with a lot of them behind-the-scenes.”

Source : Source: dailydead.com

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