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
“every now and then, i worry about people in the third world countries. and then i figure if they all started having sex, their lives would be considerably brighter.”
― Jodi Picoult, quote from Salem Falls
“The Governor of Syria, when he heard of this horrid act called a council of his staff to decide whether Mithridates should be avenged by a punitive expedition against his murderer, who now reigned in his stead; but the general opinion seemed to be that the more treacherous and bloody the behaviour of Eastern kings on our frontier, the better for us—the security of the Roman Empire resting on the mutual mistrust of our neighbours—and that nothing should be done.”
― Robert Graves, quote from Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina
“I felt. I fucking felt and it was awful. - Caleb”
― C.J. Roberts, quote from Epilogue
“و هذا الاحساس كان قد استيقظ في نفسي منذ زمن بعيد ، و هو أنني كنت أتحلل و أنا حي ، و لم يكن هناك توافق بين جسمي وقلبي ، وليس هذا فحسب ، بل بين روحي و قلبي ، كنت اجتاز دائما نوعا من الفصام و التحلل الغريب ، و أحيانا كنت أفكر في أشياء لا أستطيع أنا نفسي أن أصدقها”
― Sadegh Hedayat, quote from The Blind Owl
“You get in trouble no matter what you do,” Vix said sagely, “so you might as well do everything you can.”
― Kate Quinn, quote from Mistress of Rome
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