Break Quote by Anne Lamott

“This is our goal as writers, I think: to help others have this sense of wonder, of seeing things anew, things that catch us…

— Anne Lamott

“This is our goal as writers, I think; to help others have this sense of--please forgive me--wonder, of seeing things anew, things that can…

— Anne Lamott

“I honestly think in order to be a writer, you have to learn to be reverent. If not, why are you writing? Why are…

— Anne Lamott

Writing has been my window-flung wide open to this magnificent, chaotic existence-my way of interpreting everything within my grasp.

— Dani Shapiro

“Such is the privilege of survival: to be allowed to fashion the means that fit our ends, to cobble together a narrative that reveals…

— Mark Slouka

“[Readers] are escaping from a narrow, limiting view of the world and journeying to a place where it is possible to experience a deeper…

— Duncan Smith

As we struggle to make sense of things, life looks on in repose

— Nateman

“Life is limited, but by writing, and reading, we can live in different worlds, get inside the skins and minds of other people, and,…

— Joan Lingard

Writing itself is one of the great, free human activities. There is scope for individuality, and elation, and discovery. In writing, for the person…

— William Stafford

“We must, however, reflect on what is happening. It is an urgent matter, especially for those of us who still live in a meaningful,…

— Thomas Berry

Writers change the world one heart, one mind, at a time. That should be enough to keep us going.

— David Farland

A distinction must be made between that writing which enables us to hold on to life even as we are clinging to old hurts…

— Bell Hooks