The Beauty Of All Literature

That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Writers Need Persistence

If there’s any single talent a writer needs, it’s persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell. ~ Octavia Butler

Mariana By Susanna Kearsley

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The past is very seductive…really it’s the present that’s in a mist, uncertain. The past is quite clear, and warm, and comforting. That’s why people often get stuck there.

The Weight Of Salt by Sandra Montanino

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“…Books can become worn and faded but never grow old. Miguel de Cervantes teaches that everyone, regardless of nobility or peasantry, is important. It’s a message of hope, and what is life without hope? Do you agree, Angelina?”

Angelina thought of all she wanted to accomplish in life. “Hope is everything,” she said.

They Have Made Me

I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten: even so, they have made me. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson