Don't be afraid of making decisions.
How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books?
But the moment a bird was dead, no matter how beautiful it had been in life, the pleasure of possession became blunted for me.
. . . nature indifferently copied is far superior to the best idealities.
But hopes are shy birds flying at a great distance, seldom reached by the best of guns.
There is the morass, wherein you plunge up to your knees, or the walking over the stubborn, dwarfish shrubbery, whereby one treads down the forests of Labrador; and the unexpected bunting or sylvia which perchance, and indeed as if by chance alone, you now and then see flying before you, or hear singing from the ground creeping plant.
I cannot help but think a curious event is this life of mine
If we define risk as 'the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,' inaction is the greatest risk of all.
For a novelist, the gaps in a story are as intriguing as material that still exists.
Reaching too deep into something not meant for you is full of pain. Figure out what you can have and work on that
Without a goal, you cannot survive.