"I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy."

--

Andrew Greeley

#Writing Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #World Quotes

“Itâ€™s one thing to be the greatest; itâ€™s another thing to be necessary. The best are the most necessary: those who take less than they give and love more than they hate.”
“At the end of the day, I think the only way to do the kind of job a writer does is push everything aside and just ultimately sit down and do the work.”
“I'm not going to deny the fact that I've tried pot. I hated it.”
“The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.”
“A pessimist is a person who is always right but doesn't get any enjoyment out of it, while an optimist, is one who imagines that the future is uncertain. It is a duty to be an optimist, because if you imagine that the future is uncertain, then you mu”
“It’s one thing to see yourself going across the ticker…But to take someone else down, that’s another. I really can’t even explain that pain.”
“Ritual consists of the external practices of spirituality that help us become more receptive and aware of the closeness of our lives to the sacred. Ritual is the act of sanctifying action - even ordinary action - so that it has meaning. I can light a candle because I need the light or because the candle represents the light I need.”
“And you still have to sqeeze into your jeans, but you're perfect to me..”

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