Aphorism Quote by F. H. Bradley

That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the heart is cut open.

— Edna O'Brien

the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth…

— William Faulkner

Whoever writes in blood and aphorisms wants not to be learned but to be learned by heart.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“The written word is weak. Many people prefer life to it. Life gets your blood going, and it smells good. Writing is mere writing,…

— Annie Dillard

“When a writer writes, it's as if she holds the sides of her chest apart, exposes her beating heart. And even though everything wants…

— Helen Humphreys

I have felt the pain that arises from a recognition of beauty, pain we hold when we remember what we are connected to and…

— Terry Tempest Williams

“The art of writing is not unlike the act of screaming. A constant flow of otherworldly emotions with tempos high and hymns low. All…

— Rosca Marx

“Sometimes the things that are felt the most are expressed between two souls over the distance and over time where no words abide... Across…

— Rolf van der Wind

“Literature that awakens and inflames feelings is the food of hearts.”

— Ahmed Mayouf

“Pain writes the words, sorrow wields the pen, tears wet the paper, and the story mends the heart.”

— Piper Payne

“We love with all our heart, in every way that we can love but the heart is not burdened. We learn to keep it…

— Donna Goddard

“As writers, we feel things deeper than other people, we hurt more, we love bigger, we cry harder and we smile wider. This is…

— H.D. Gordon