--- title: "13 Write Lives Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 13 Write Lives quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Write Lives sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/frances-ridley-havergal-24754_books_we-write-our-lives-indeed-but-in-a-ciphe_545957.png" --- > [We write our lives indeed, But in a cipher none can read, Except the author](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/we-write-our-lives-indeed-but-in-a-cipher-none-can-read-except-the/) [Frances Ridley Havergal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-ridley-havergal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/frances-ridley-havergal-24754_books_we-write-our-lives-indeed-but-in-a-ciphe_545957.png) > [we write as if our lives depended upon it. They do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/we-write-as-if-our-lives-depended-upon-it-they-do/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/erica-jong-445_depended_we-write-as-if-our-lives-depended-upon-i_2914972.jpg) > [I'm always suspicious of celebrities that write about their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/i-m-always-suspicious-of-celebrities-that-write-about-their-lives/) [Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb8/harry-belafonte-4893_about_i-m-always-suspicious-of-celebrities-tha_218389.png) > [I write because the lives of all of us are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-lester/i-write-because-the-lives-of-all-of-us-are-stories-if-enough-of-those/) [Julius Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julius-lester/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/julius-lester-17362_details_i-write-because-the-lives-of-all-of-us-a_544001.png) > [When we write about our lives we respond to them. As we respond to them we are rendered more fluid, more centered,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/when-we-write-about-our-lives-we-respond-to-them-as-we-respond-to/) [Julia Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/julia-cameron-830_behalf_when-we-write-about-our-lives-we-respond_321369.png) > [“There’s always an end. But the end is always the beginning of something else. The periods we write into our lives are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henning-mankell/there-s-always-an-end-but-the-end-is-always-the-beginning-of/) [Henning Mankell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henning-mankell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/henning-mankell-2068_quote_there-s-always-an-end-but-the-end-is-alw_2064779.jpg) > [I travel, I read, I write, I have other lives. But when I have a camera, I know that's my country, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leos-carax/i-travel-i-read-i-write-i-have-other-lives-but-when-i-have-a-camera-i/) [Leos Carax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leos-carax/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/leos-carax-21111_camera_i-travel-i-read-i-write-i-have-other-liv_2249934.png) > [“And then I realize I am the writer. I don't mean because I write. I mean because we all write our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-ellis/and-then-i-realize-i-am-the-writer-i-don-t-mean-because-i-write-i/) [Samantha Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/samantha-ellis-72930_storytelling_and-then-i-realize-i-am-the-writer-i-don_1127808.jpg) > [Taking the time to write in our lives gives us the time of our lives. As we describe our environments, we begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/taking-the-time-to-write-in-our-lives-gives-us-the-time-of-our-lives/) [Julia Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0f/julia-cameron-830_environment_taking-the-time-to-write-in-our-lives-gi_1286827.png) > [“Story is the bandage of the broken. Sutures of the shattered. The tapestry upon which we write our lives. Upon which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/story-is-the-bandage-of-the-broken-sutures-of-the-shattered-the/) [Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/charles-martin-4510_life-honest_story-is-the-bandage-of-the-broken-sutur_363597.jpg) > [“If I could sum up the lives of people like me—people whose parents don’t write books, whose aunties and cousins don’t step…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daisy-hernandez/if-i-could-sum-up-the-lives-of-people-like-me-people-whose-parents/) [Daisy Hernandez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daisy-hernandez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/daisy-hernandez-43802_books_if-i-could-sum-up-the-lives-of-people-li_2622902.jpg) > [“Of the six million species on the planet, only man makes language. Words. What's more--in evidence of the Divine--we string those symbols…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/of-the-six-million-species-on-the-planet-only-man-makes-language/) [Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/charles-martin-4510_language_of-the-six-million-species-on-the-planet_230709.jpg) > [“Julian curses his fixation: Ultimately, he should have his time writing down the conversations that floated up from the bar beneath the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alejandro-zambra/julian-curses-his-fixation-ultimately-he-should-have-his-time-writing/) [Alejandro Zambra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alejandro-zambra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/alejandro-zambra-13985_books_julian-curses-his-fixation-ultimately-he_2547213.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/write-lives/#itemlist", "name": "Write Lives Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We write our lives indeed, But in a cipher none can read, Except the author", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frances Ridley Havergal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ridley-havergal/we-write-our-lives-indeed-but-in-a-cipher-none-can-read-except-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/frances-ridley-havergal-24754_books_we-write-our-lives-indeed-but-in-a-ciphe_545957.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/frances-ridley-havergal-24754_books_we-write-our-lives-indeed-but-in-a-ciphe_545957.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/frances-ridley-havergal-24754_books_we-write-our-lives-indeed-but-in-a-ciphe_545957.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We write our lives indeed, But in a cipher none can read, Except the author” — Frances Ridley Havergal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "we write as if our lives depended upon it. 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Words. What's more--in evidence of the Divine--we string those symbols together and then write them down, where they take on a life of their own and breathe outside of us. Story is the bandage of the broken. Sutures of the shattered. The tappestry upon which we write our lives. Upon which we lay the bodies of our dying and the about-to-come-to-life. 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