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> [It is the moment when what was chaos is now seen as having a center of gravity. There is a shape where a moment ago there was none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/it-is-the-moment-when-what-was-chaos-is-now-seen-as-having-a-center/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

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## More by Peter Elbow

> [“The real reason that language so often carries magic is because humans have trouble not ascribing special power to it. Language makes so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/the-real-reason-that-language-so-often-carries-magic-is-because/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [“The real reason that language so often carries magic is because humans have trouble not ascribing special power to it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/the-real-reason-that-language-so-often-carries-magic-is-because-2/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [Meaning is not what you start with, but what you end up with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/meaning-is-not-what-you-start-with-but-what-you-end-up-with/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/everyone-agrees-in-theory-that-we-can-t-judge-a-new-idea-or-point-of/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [Certainty is rarely if ever possible and we increase the likelihood of getting things wrong if we succumb to the hunger for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/certainty-is-rarely-if-ever-possible-and-we-increase-the-likelihood/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [It is the moment when what was chaos is now seen as having a center of gravity. There is a shape where a moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/it-is-the-moment-when-what-was-chaos-is-now-seen-as-having-a-center/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [Producing writing is not so much like filling a basin or pool once, but rather getting water to keep flowing through till finally it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/producing-writing-is-not-so-much-like-filling-a-basin-or-pool-once/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [The question for writing then is this: how long are you willing to be unheard?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/the-question-for-writing-then-is-this-how-long-are-you-willing-to-be/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [“I've come to suspect that whenever any ability is difficult to learn and rarely performed well, it's probably because contraries are called for -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/i-ve-come-to-suspect-that-whenever-any-ability-is-difficult-to-learn/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [It's an unnecessary burden to try to think of words and also worry at the same time whether they're the right words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/it-s-an-unnecessary-burden-to-try-to-think-of-words-and-also-worry-at/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [Writing with voice is writing into which someone has breathed. It has that fluency, rhythm, and liveliness that exist naturally in the speech of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/writing-with-voice-is-writing-into-which-someone-has-breathed-it-has/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

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