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> [“Tea was more than boiling water. There were decisions to be made and a frame of mind to develop, no matter how imperceptible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/tea-was-more-than-boiling-water-there-were-decisions-to-be-made-and-a/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

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## More by L.L. Barkat

> [“Laura thought Bell would have a few things to say to Pynchon. And Laura had a few things to say to Bell, like, How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/laura-thought-bell-would-have-a-few-things-to-say-to-pynchon-and/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“Her tea basket was still lost, but that didn’t seem to matter now. People used to eat loose tea on long journeys. They’d pack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/her-tea-basket-was-still-lost-but-that-didn-t-seem-to-matter-now/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“Had Mary Shelley fretted so? Maybe yes, maybe no. She’d begun her classic work on a dare. Had culled a dream to bring it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/had-mary-shelley-fretted-so-maybe-yes-maybe-no-she-d-begun-her/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“Tea was more than boiling water. There were decisions to be made and a frame of mind to develop, no matter how imperceptible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/tea-was-more-than-boiling-water-there-were-decisions-to-be-made-and-a/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“One Bagatelle, and I’ll raise you a novel,” Megan had tweeted back. “Writing for tea? Now that would have been a solution for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/one-bagatelle-and-i-ll-raise-you-a-novel-megan-had-tweeted-back/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“Have tea, might write,” Laura returned.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/have-tea-might-write-laura-returned/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“Maybe you didn’t need to know anything special to write a work of fiction. Maybe you didn’t need to delve into some kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/maybe-you-didn-t-need-to-know-anything-special-to-write-a-work-of/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“Writing starts with living. —Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/writing-starts-with-living-rumors-of-water-thoughts-on-creativity/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“If she was going to write a novel, she felt defeated before she began, because someone might be coming along to pick it apart,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/if-she-was-going-to-write-a-novel-she-felt-defeated-before-she-began/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“You could use a moth like that as a symbol in a novel, but it was trite, wasn’t it? The old moth-to-the-flame image had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/you-could-use-a-moth-like-that-as-a-symbol-in-a-novel-but-it-was/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“We will need to find people who will provide a safe writing space for us, where criticism comes late and love and delight come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/we-will-need-to-find-people-who-will-provide-a-safe-writing-space-for/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“Maybe Laura’s real problem came in admitting this: there was nothing new under the sun. To write a story would be, somehow deep down,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/maybe-laura-s-real-problem-came-in-admitting-this-there-was-nothing/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“A writer is always writing for someone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/a-writer-is-always-writing-for-someone/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“Maybe the real problem wasn’t that she had nothing to write about, but that she had too much. Maybe she wasn’t afraid of her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/maybe-the-real-problem-wasn-t-that-she-had-nothing-to-write-about-but/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

> [“If Laura was so prolific with poems, and in truth she was, then what was the problem with Megan’s request? Couldn’t Laura, with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/if-laura-was-so-prolific-with-poems-and-in-truth-she-was-then-what/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

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