Gail Carson Levine · 168 pages
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“There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over. When you do, the words get inside you, become a part of you, in a way that words in a book you've read only once can't.”
― Gail Carson Levine, quote from Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly
“When you become a teenager, you step onto a bridge. You may already be on it. The opposite shore is adulthood. Childhood lies behind. The bridge is made of wood. As you cross, it burns behind you”
― Gail Carson Levine, quote from Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly
“When I write, I make discoveries about my feelings.”
― Gail Carson Levine, quote from Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly
“The Writer's Oath
I promise solemnly:
1. to write as often and as much as I can,
2. to respect my writing self, and
3. to nurture the writing of others.
I accept these responsibilities and shall honor them always.”
― Gail Carson Levine, quote from Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly
“I write fiction for lots of reasons. One is power. I'm in charge when I write. So are you. You create the world of the story. You make the rules.”
― Gail Carson Levine, quote from Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly
“both deaths were equally vain, neither of them shortened the war by so much as a second; but in both cases, the man or men who killed them believed it was just and necessary; and if they were wrong, who’s to blame? What”
― Jonathan Littell, quote from The Kindly Ones
“Arin would trade his heart for a snarled knot of thread if it meant he would never have to see Kestrel again.”
― Marie Rutkoski, quote from The Winner's Crime
“Anybody can look at you. It's quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.”
― John Green, quote from Turtles All the Way Down
“Evil be he who thinketh evil.”
― Rebecca Maizel, quote from Infinite Days
“...there was no such thing as curses. People make and break their own fortunes -they are the masters of their own fate.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Uncommon Criminals
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