What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood? ~ Beatrix Potter
What Heaven Can Be More Real
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Write Down Exactly How You Feel
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Difficult emotions: anger, sadness, worry, or shame, etc. use up a lot of energy and brain power. Rather than letting them take over, write down exactly how you feel. Get it all out, then crumple up the paper and throw it in the trash.
Twitch-Tickling Problem
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“Words,” he said, “is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life.” ~ Roald Dahl
Start Crawling
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If all you can do is crawl, start crawling. ~ Rumi
Scribbling Away
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It’s 3 am, can’t sleep again
So I scribble away through the dark with my pen.
Let The Rain Kiss You
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Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. ~ Langston Hughes
Poetry Is A Deal Of Joy
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Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. ~ Khalil Gibran
As Much Power As A Word
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I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine. ~ Emily Dickinson
Write While The Heat Is In You
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Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience. ~ Henry David Thoreau
You Make Something
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You make something from the things that have happened and from things that exist and from all things that you know and all those you cannot know, and you make something… ~ Ernest Hemingway