"Writing is saying to no one and to……" — Rebecca Solnit

"Writing is saying to no one and to everyone the things it is not possible to say to someone."

— Rebecca Solnit

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127 Quotes by Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit has 127 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The fight for free space-for wilderness and for public space-must be accompanied by a fight for free time to spend…
The things we want are transformative, and we don’t know or only think we know what is on the other…
How will you go about finding that thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you?
I STILL THINK THE REVOLUTION IS TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR POETRY, MEANDERING, FOR THE FRAIL AND VULNERABLE, THE…
Perhaps it’s that you can’t go back in time, but you can return to the scenes of a love, of…
Solitude in the city is about the lack of other people or rather their distance beyond a door or wall,…
For many years, I have been moved by the blue at the far edge of what can be seen, that…
The object we call a book is not the real book, but its seed or potential, like a music score.…
I was fifteen, and when I picture myself then, I see flames shooting up, see myself falling off the edge…
Thinking is generally thought of as doing nothing in a production-oriented society, and doing nothing is hard to do. It's…
Kindness and gentleness never had a gender, and neither did empathy.
When you say 'mother' or 'father' you describe three different phenomena. There is the giant who made you and loomed…

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More Everyone Quotes

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Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. — Mary Kay Ash
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working… — Mary Kay Ash
Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel. — Mary Kay Ash
Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone… — David Attenborough
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
The myth that everyone once read great literature is just a myth. — Margaret Atwood
There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round. — Paul Auster
Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life. — Paul Auster
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. — Diane Ackerman
It's too easy to do your own site to not have one these days. I guess everyone has one. — Sebastian Bach
In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but… — Michelle Bachelet
We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women. — Michelle Bachelet

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