"Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn't work, throw it away. It's a nice feeling, and you don't want to be cluttered with the corpses of poems and stories which have everything in them except the life they need."

-- Helen Dunmore

#Nice Quotes #Writing Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Friendship takes time and energy if it's going to work. You can luck into something great, but it doesn't last if you don't give it proper appreciation. Friendship can be so comfortable, but nurture it-don't take it for granted.”

Source : Betty White (2011). “If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won't)”, p.102, Penguin
“Knowledge, like all things, is best in moderation," intoned the Will. "Knowing everything means you don't need to think, and that is very dangerous.”

Source : Garth Nix (2010). “The Keys to the Kingdom #5: Lady Friday”, p.301, Scholastic Inc.
“When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn't go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks.”
“My big struggle has been how to expand my mind without being able to expand my physical experience of the world.”
“It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.”
“A series of failures may culminate in the best possible result.”
“Offense is what people take when they can't take argument.”
“I am not interested in women just because they're women. I am interested, however, in seeing that they are no longer classed with children and minors.”

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