"Writing is agony for me. I work at it eight hours every day, hoping to get six pages, but I am satisfied with three."

-- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

#Writing Quotes #Agony Quotes #Eight Quotes

“All stories teach us something, and promise us something, whether they're true or invented, legend or fact.”
“When I get married I'm going to make the marriage work. Getting married is forever, no matter what my spouse does.”

Source : Sarah Mlynowski (2011). “Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have)”, p.28, Harper Collins
“It's very dangerous, making your happiness based on success and fashion. I know the media cares about all that, but I try to ignore that world anyway.”

Source : Source: www.buzzfeed.com
“In some suburban schools, the curriculum is chock-full of rigorous A.P. courses and the parking lot glitters with pricey SUVs, but one doesn't have to look hard to find students who are starving themselves, cutting themselves, or medicating themselves, as well students who are taking out their frustrations on those who sit lower on the social food chain.”
“We're never called on to do what hurts. We just do what hurts out of ignorance and habit. Once we see what we're doing, we can stop.”

Source : Steve Hagen (2011). “Buddhism Plain and Simple”, p.83, Tuttle Publishing
“Trusted counselors, mentors and guides make an indelible mark on the lives they touch, and they provide the two ingredients to success in life--caring and sharing--that cannot be learned or purchased.”
“People who love each other can no more keep from communicating than from breathing. â€”Elana”
“There is a lot of talk about a centre party - and that I might lead it. I find this idea profoundly unattractive”

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