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> [... where do they go when they die? We hear of the elephant graveyards, where the elephants go to die, but how much more curious it is that birds are not falling out of the sky all the time, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/where-do-they-go-when-they-die-we-hear-of-the-elephant-graveyards/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

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## Other authors on Flopping

## More by Sophy Burnham

> [There are so many different kinds of writing and so many ways to work that the only rule is this: do what works. Almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/there-are-so-many-different-kinds-of-writing-and-so-many-ways-to-work/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [Angels come in all sizes and shapes and colors, visible and invisible to the physical eye. But always you are changed from having seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/angels-come-in-all-sizes-and-shapes-and-colors-visible-and-invisible/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [A guest at a dinner party observed the strange expression on James Thurber's face. 'Don't be concerned,' said Thurber's wife. 'He's writing.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/a-guest-at-a-dinner-party-observed-the-strange-expression-on-james/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [Harriet Beecher Stowe thought Uncle Tom's Cabin was written through her by Another Hand, so little did she know what was going to happen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/harriet-beecher-stowe-thought-uncle-tom-s-cabin-was-written-through/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [We all have angels guiding us...They look after us. They heal us, touch us, comfort us with invisible warm hands...What will bring their help?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/we-all-have-angels-guiding-us-they-look-after-us-they-heal-us-touch/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [We write to understand our deepest secrets to ourselves, to understand. We write in an outpouring of love. We write in secret, either for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/we-write-to-understand-our-deepest-secrets-to-ourselves-to-understand/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [It is said that angels come as thoughts, as visions, as dreams, as animals, as the light on the water or in clouds and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/it-is-said-that-angels-come-as-thoughts-as-visions-as-dreams-as/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/to-believe-in-god-or-in-a-guiding-force-because-someone-tells-you-to/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [I think our animals are angels, earth-angels, pointing out for us the steadfast path of love, loyalty, optimism, faith, joy, hope. They teach us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/i-think-our-animals-are-angels-earth-angels-pointing-out-for-us-the/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [So loving is the universe, so joyful, so determined to give us everything we need and to love us and show us the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/so-loving-is-the-universe-so-joyful-so-determined-to-give-us/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [... where do they go when they die? We hear of the elephant graveyards, where the elephants go to die, but how much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/where-do-they-go-when-they-die-we-hear-of-the-elephant-graveyards/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [Prayer is a law of the universe, like gravity. You don't even have to believe in God to ask.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/prayer-is-a-law-of-the-universe-like-gravity-you-don-t-even-have-to/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [When I'm having trouble I write by hand. There is some connection between the mind and the fingers that draws out words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/when-i-m-having-trouble-i-write-by-hand-there-is-some-connection/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [Harriet Beecher Stowe was thirty-nine when she began Uncle Tom's Cabin. She had given birth to seven children and seen one die. She wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/harriet-beecher-stowe-was-thirty-nine-when-she-began-uncle-tom-s/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

> [Sometimes writer's block is no more than a signal that you have not done enough research.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophy-burnham/sometimes-writer-s-block-is-no-more-than-a-signal-that-you-have-not/)

[Sophy Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophy-burnham/)

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