With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me. Goodreads.com. (2019). Madeleine… Read more “Books Have A Life Of Their Own”
Day: November 29, 2019
The Great Thing About Getting Older
The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been. Goodreads.com. (2019). Madeleine L’Engle Quotes (Author of A Wrinkle in… Read more “The Great Thing About Getting Older”
Stories Make Us More Alive
Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving. Goodreads.com. (2019). Madeleine L’Engle Quotes (Author of A Wrinkle in Time). [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/106.Madeleine_L_Engle [Accessed… Read more “Stories Make Us More Alive”
Inspiration Comes During Work
Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it. Goodreads.com. (2019). Madeleine L’Engle Quotes (Author of A Wrinkle in Time). [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/106.Madeleine_L_Engle [Accessed 29 Nov.… Read more “Inspiration Comes During Work”
Life Is Like A Sonnet
Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You’re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. Goodreads.com. (2019).… Read more “Life Is Like A Sonnet”
A Book Can Be A Star
A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe. Goodreads.com. (2019). Madeleine L’Engle Quotes (Author of… Read more “A Book Can Be A Star”
All Artists Are A Paradoxical Combination
I think that all artists, regardless of degree of talent, are a painful, paradoxical combination of certainty and uncertainty, of arrogance and humility, constantly in need of… Read more “All Artists Are A Paradoxical Combination”
Unless We Are Creators We Are Not Fully Alive
But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of creation are the obvious ones… Read more “Unless We Are Creators We Are Not Fully Alive”
Write The Book That Wants To Be Written
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.… Read more “Write The Book That Wants To Be Written”
A Book Says ‘Write Me’
A book comes and says, ‘Write me.’ My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but… Read more “A Book Says ‘Write Me’”
We Can’t Take Credit For Our Talents
We can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts. Goodreads.com. (2019). Madeleine L’Engle Quotes (Author of A Wrinkle in Time). [online]… Read more “We Can’t Take Credit For Our Talents”
A Self Is Not Something Static
A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming. Goodreads.com. (2019).… Read more “A Self Is Not Something Static”
Rolando Andrés Ramos 