“Something I learned long ago. It is not necessary to know what a person is afraid of. It is enough to know the person is afraid.”
― Lawrence Block, The Sins of the Fathers
Month: November 2021
Quote For The Day 11-13-2021
“Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you’ve found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for. ”
― Lawrence Block
Quote For The Day 11-12-2021
“Inside each of us resides the truth, I began, the absolute truth. But sometimes the truth is hidden in a hall of mirrors. Sometimes we believe we are viewing the real thing, when in fact we are viewing a facsimile, a distortion.”
― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
Quote For The Day 11-11-2021
“My soul has learned what it came to learn, and all the other things are just things. We can’t have everything we want. Sometimes, we simply have to believe.”
― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
Quote For The Day 11-10-2021
“People are always worried about what’s happening next. They often find it difficult to stand still, to occupy the now without worrying about the future. People are generally not satisfied with what they have; they are very concerned with what they are going to have.”
― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
Quote For The Day 11-9-2021
“The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles – preferably of his own making – in order to triumph.”
― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
JSW Prompt 11-8-2021
The JSW Challenge is open to anybody who wishes to participate. Using the writing prompt, write a flash fiction no longer than 500 words and post to your page. The Challenge starts on Monday and runs through Sunday each week. Please remember to link your story back to this post so everyone can read your entry.
Quote For The Day 11-8-2021
“Don’t be a writer’. Be writing.
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William Faulkner
Quote For The Day 11-7-2021
“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
William Faulkner
Quote For The Day 11-6-2021
“It is thus, if there is any rule, that we ought to die–neither as victim nor as fanatic, but as the seafarer who can greet with an equal eye the deep that he is entering, and the shore that he must leave.”
― E.M. Forster, Howards End
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