"Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue."

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Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction". www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2010.

Helen Dunmore

#Writing Quotes #Want Quotes #Stills Quotes

“A good rule to remember for life is that when it comes to plastic surgery and sushi, never be attracted by a bargain.”

Source : Graham Norton (2011). “Ask Graham: He's Been Everywhere, He's Seen Everything. Now Graham Norton's Here to Solve Your Problems”, p.91, John Blake Publishing
“Soul ties. The thing that can make you hear an old-school slow jam and think of somebody you havenâ€™t seen in years. Soul ties. The thing that makes old people whoâ€™ve been together for years finish each otherâ€™s sentences. Donâ€™t you wish mama had told you when you were young that, when you lie with someone, you lie not just with her body but also with her soul? And whatever condition the other personâ€™s soul is in, you are guaranteed to take a piece with youâ€”whether you want to or not. Instead of being amazed at her booty, you should have focused on her mind.”

Source : Kirk Franklin (2010). “The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life's Storms”, p.93, Penguin
“I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.”
“It is the chair in honor of all those who, however competently, embrace the impossible. Sit in that chair someday.”
“Re-creative artists are investigators.”
“In your twenties, if you have any amount of complexity in your childhood, or any trauma that you haven't dealt with, it comes out. That's why you have a lot of artists that don't make it through.”
“Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts.”

Source : Robinson Jeffers, Tim Hunt (1988). “The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: Poetry 1903-1920, prose, and unpublished writings”, p.425, Stanford University Press
“One of the most disturbing ways that climate change is already playing out is through what ecologists call "mismatch" or "mistiming." This is the process whereby warming causes animals to fall out of step with a critical food source, particularly at breeding times, when a failure to find enough food can lead to rapid population losses.”

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