"When a daring idea first crosses one's mind,……" — Cynthia Voigt
"When a daring idea first crosses one's mind, if it is to be realized in the future it is often appealing. Then, as the time for its execution comes nearer, one begins to dread that which had once been anticipated."
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18 Quotes by Cynthia Voigt
Cynthia Voigt has 18 quotes on this site.
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People can be unimaginably foolish...and they can be unimaginably grand, at times.
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Hiding under the bed doesn't make the worry stop.
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...When this map was made, there was only empty forest in the south," Gran told Birle."Not empty," Granda corrected her.…
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Rebellion is necessary for development of character.
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But I'll tell you something else, too. Something I've learned, the hard way. I guess"—Gram laughed a little—"I'm the kind…
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You must not let yourself become too respectable. Keep yourself a little wild. What is life for, if not for…
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She couldn’t get any farther away inside from her skin. She couldn’t get away.
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She looked at her hand: Just some hand, holding a cheap pen. Some girls’ hand. She had nothing to do…
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I have the feeling that I know who I am, only I'm not anymore.
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I got to thinking—when it was too late—you have to reach out to people. To your family, too. You can't…
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By the time I started high school, I knew I wanted to be a writer. After graduating from Smith College…
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My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year.…
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