Three Rules

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. -W. Somerset Maugham

As I'm Told

Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people. -Tamora Pierce

Live In The Sunshine

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Air

I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary. -Margaret Atwood

Cats

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. -Terry Pratchett

Tangled

Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. -Ally Condie

Hell

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love. -Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fingertips

Do not touch me and keep your soul out of your fingertips... Die into me or don't come to me at all. -Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Dirty Feet

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. -Mahatma Gandhi

Be Strong

Better to be strong than pretty and useless. -Lilith Saintcrow

Once Children

All grown-ups were once children...but only a few of them remember it. -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Bite

Dogs never bite me. Just humans. -Marilyn Monroe

The Ocean

And it's just like the ocean under the moon / Well, that's the same as the emotion that I get from you. -Carlos Santana

Just Cry

I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone. -Tina Fey

Demons

If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels. -Tennessee Williams

You Just Have To Live

Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live. -Natalie Babbitt

Real Heart

It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep. -Clive Barker

No Woman

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it. -Elizabeth Peters

The Realist

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. -William Arthur Ward

Swimming Upward

You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. -Elizabeth Gilbert

Follow Your Bliss

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls. -Joseph Campbell

Foolish Things

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. -Colette

Explore

Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. -Richard Feynman

Wanting Nothing

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing. -Sylvia Plath

Kissing The Earth

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet. -Thich Nhat Hanh

Pain

Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none. -Lois Lowry

Cheese

Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. -G.K. Chesterton

Small Joys

Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness. -Pearl S. Buck

No Faster Or Firmer

There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books. -Irving Stone

Forever

Forever is composed of nows. -Emily Dickinson

Eccentric

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. -Bertrand Russell