Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
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For some of us, good books and beautiful writing are our ultimate solace, even more comforting than exquisite food. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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“My attitude. It’s what I fed off of as well. It’s what made people like me.” — Penelope Douglas Copy Share Image
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“His eyes are a midnight moment filled with memories, the only windows into my world.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.” — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
“Find the beautiful; the perfect; the wonderful in life and then remind yourself that you are part of it; therein you are… — Gillian Duce Copy Share Image
“The inside of his skull, it tasted like roses and barbed wire and butterflies. Switchblades and heroin and grassy green gardens.” — Mercedes M. Yardley Copy Share Image
“Fallon and I were a lot like them. Only I didn’t love her, and she didn’t love me. I was infatuated with… — Penelope Douglas Copy Share Image
“The thing is, Fallon . . . I told you before to lock the door if you wanted me to stay out.… — Penelope Douglas Copy Share Image
“I knew exactly how I felt about Madoc. And I knew why I felt that way. I hated him. I hated what… — Penelope Douglas Copy Share Image
Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
I don't want to indulge myself in the luxury of writing beautiful paragraphs just for the sake of making beautiful writing. That… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
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“Lua and Marie are holding hands. They look like they’re so happy, just inside this moment, watching the kids and the lights… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Without her glasses Vivian did look a little frightening. She had tight sinewy strappy muscles and a face that was hardened and… — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
“I'm like the moon," he started, "the hidden side of the moon. Not seen because it don't want to be seen. Everyone… — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
“If you could forget mortality... You could really believe that time is circular, and not linear and progressive as our culture is… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
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“Something is going to happen, Laura thought. She was going to be kissed. On one side of a kiss was childhood, sunshine,innocence,… — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
“Oh, shit!” My breath caught as I slid, and I stupidly kept my weight on Tate, which was too much for her.… — Penelope Douglas Copy Share Image
“The sun hitched up her trousers and soldiered on up into the sky. September squinted at it and wondered if the sun… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
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“Fallon continued. “We learned in school that bullies abuse others because they feel bad about themselves. They’re hurting.” She brought up her… — Penelope Douglas Copy Share Image
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