To a great mind, nothing is little. ~ Sherlock Holmes
Nothing Is Little
211
A Writer’s Job Is Ingoing
183
About nineteen writers out of twenty are introverts. We have been taught to be ashamed of not being outgoing. But a writer’s job is ingoing. ~ Ursula K. Le Guin
Celebrate A Simple Life
221
It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
I Was A Different Person Then
175
It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. ~ Lewis Carroll
The Universe Conspires
330
Once you make a decision, The Universe conspires to make it happen. ~ Paulo Coelho
As Necessary As Bread
246
Poetry is a life-cherishing force. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry. ~ Mary Oliver
Read Interesting Minds
237
By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
A Time To Dream
305
I love the rich earthy smell
right after a storm,
The flavor of heartaches
washed away with
the rain,
The feel of the wind
dancing around me
as I walk barefoot
in tall damp grass.
This is the time to dream,
with misty rainbows and
a pale sun in the distant sky,
And an orange glow to
light my way back home.
Painting Is Poetry
254
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci
Stories Are Incredibly Important
348
Stories are incredibly important, possibly in ways we don’t understand, in allowing us to make sense of our lives, in allowing us to escape our lives, in giving us empathy and in creating the world that we live in. ~ Neil Gaiman