"Tulips come up in spring for no reason.……" — Natalie Goldberg
"Tulips come up in spring for no reason. Of course, you planted bulbs and now in April the earth warms up. But why? For no reason except gravity. Why gravity? For no reason. And why did you plant red tulip bulbs to begin with? For beauty, which is itself and has no reason. So the world is empty. Things rise and fall for no reason. And what a great opportunity that is! You can start writing again at any minute. Let go of all your failures and sit down and write something great. Or write something terrible and feel great about it."
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Natalie Goldberg
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118 Quotes by Natalie Goldberg
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Wait until you are hungry to say something, until there is an aching in you to speak.
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