"What I do in the writing of any character is to try to enter into the mind, heart and skin of a human being who is not myself. It is the act of a writer's imagination that I set the most high."

-- Eudora Welty

#Writing Quotes #Heart Quotes #Character Quotes

“I surrender myself to everything. I love, I feel pain, I struggle. The world seems to me wider than the mind, my heart a dark and almighty mystery.”
“Success is a lot like a bright, white tuxedo. You feel terrific when you get it, but then you're desperately afraid of getting it dirty, of spoiling it in any way.”
“Stone, steel, dominions pass, Faith too, no wonder; So leave alone the grass That I am under.”
“My mother gave me a disappointed look. Then I gave her one back. Mine was for everything, not just the sandwich.”

Source : Carol Rifka Brunt (2012). “Tell the Wolves I'm Home”, p.236, Pan Macmillan
“When we have gone beyond the boundaries of hope and fear, we are able to work with whatever comes our way.”

Source : Sakyong Mipham (2005). “Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life”, p.133, Harmony
“When it's mutual, a man and a woman know, instinctively, wordlessly. They may do nothing about it, but the knowledge of that shared desire is out there in the world - as obvious as neon, saying: I want you, I want you, I want you.”

Source : William Boyd (2002). “Any human heart”
“Poems allow us not only to bear the tally and toll of our transience, but to perceive, within their continually surprising abundance, a path through the grief of that insult into joy.”
“Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers.”

Source : "David Kay Testifies Before Senate Committee". Cnn Live Event/Special, www.cnn.com. January 28, 2004.

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