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> [We write to understand our deepest secrets to ourselves, to understand. We write in an outpouring of love. We write in secret, either for publication or for a journal no one will see, or we write poems to be privately…](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/)

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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