Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
Technique holds a reader from sentence to sentence, but only content will stay in his mind.
I never change, I simply become more myself.
Novels usually evolve out of 'character. ' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an aesthetic coherence.
Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.
How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.
Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.
There is not a moment in which God does not present Himself under the cover of some pain to be endured, of some consolation to be enjoyed, or of some duty to be performed. All that takes place within us, around us, or through us, contains and conceals His divine action.
Maybe I don't believe things myself, as well. Truth is such a transient thing. . .
Everything went together perfectly, and this is what I mean by knowing. I didn't have to analyze anything. I just recognized what was in front of me. All I had to do was set up and take the picture.
Puck turned to Sabrina. "What is she doing down there?" Hiding, I guess. " Puck leaned down and poked his head under the seat. "I found you. " Ms. Smirt shrieked. Puck lifted himself up to his full height and laughed. "She's fun. " He leaned back down and she screamed again. "I could do this all day. Can I keep her?