"Enter the writing process with a childlike sense of wonder and discovery. Let it surprise you."

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Charles Ghigna

#Writing Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Surprise Quotes

“Every day is deeper and richer and more soulful.”
“Irony is based on insecurity; people like to not like things because they don't understand them.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I believe in the magic of books. I believe that during certain periods in our lives we are drawn to particular books--whether it's strolling down the aisles of a bookshop with no idea whatsoever of what it is that we want to read and suddenly finding the most perfect, most wonderfully suitable book staring us right in the face. Unblinking. Or a chance meeting with a stranger or friend who recommends a book we would never ordinarily reach for. Books have the ability to find their own way into our lives.”
“God's viewpoint is sometimes different from ours - so different that we could not even guess at it unless He had given us a Book which tells us such things....In the Bible I learn that God values us not for our strenght or our brains but simply because He has made us.”
“The hats of all eras thrill me. People don't wear them anymore. So when you see an outfit completed by a hat (that's for men too) it's thrilling. Especially if it's a Cloche from the 20's or a "Peter Pan" from the 30's, a Homburg from the 50's, or a Stingy Brim from the 60's. It's time stamping. Today everybody just wants to wear a baseball cap!”
“There are more speculators about New Westminster and Victoria than there were in Winnipeg during the boom and they are a much sharper lot. Nearly every person is more or less interested and you will have to be on your guard against all of them.”

Source : Canadian Pacific Railway Company, William Cornelius Van Horne “Van Horne Letter Book: Dec. 3rd, 1884-Feb. 3rd, 1885”
“Mothers always think their children are prettier than they really are, and mine has always told me I look like Tom Cruise”

Source : "Sweet Baby James". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. June 27, 2006.
“In most of the world, we have only small remnants of the wildlife that once existed. Africa has the most astonishing wildlife still.”

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