"Pears cannot ripen alone. So we ripened together."

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Source : Meridel Le Sueur, Elaine Hedges (1990). “Ripening: Selected Work”, p.290, Feminist Press at CUNY

Meridel Le Sueur

#Work Quotes #Together Quotes #Pears Quotes

“The process of writing a book is infinitely more important than the book that is completed as a result of the writing, let alone the success or failure that book may have after it is written . . . the book is merely a symbol of the writing. In writing the book, I am living. I am growing. I am tapping myself. I am changing. The process is the product.”
“Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.”
“I won't let anyone stand between me and my brother”

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“Creative innovation requires knowing something. You can't just be a monkey throwing paint on a canvas. It's the 10,000-hour rule: You need to know something well enough to make something new.”

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“When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure.”
“I grew up in the 1950s at the beginning of rock n' roll, and would strum a tennis racket in front of the mirror.”

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“The reason why borrowed books are seldom returned, is that it is easier to retain books themselves than what is inside of them.”
“Forgiveness is easy. Trust is much more difficult, and should never be given lightly.”

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