It's only by being obstinate that anything is got, or done. - Rumer Godden - Quotesmemo.com

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Rumer Godden

It's only by being obstinate that anything is got, or done.

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For an author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written.

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A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy. Rumer Godden found in Power of Simple Living by Ellyn Sanna

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Every piece of writing starts from what I call a grit a sight or sound, a sentence or happening that does not pass away but quite inexplicably lodges in the mind.

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As one gets older being sad and miserable can become a bit of a habit. To counteract this, she suggests making a point of savoring such things as the tastiness of a piece of fruit, or other small things we might have been prone to overlook during our younger, busier days.

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The stitch of a book is its words.

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