Every runner has a little crazy in ‘em. It’s a good thing.
The stitch of a book is its words.
For an author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written.
A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy. Rumer Godden found in Power of Simple Living by Ellyn Sanna
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.
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.
People don't know the consolations of being unsuccessful. . . If I had been successful I should have had no peace or time.
A pale reflection of myself wavers in my consciousness. . . and suddenly the “I” pales, pales, and fades out.
When the power, prestige, and financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect coercive pressure upon religious minorities to conform to the prevailing officially approved religion is plain.
Readers forget that one can critique yet still admire.
Some lives are tragic, some ridiculous. Most are both at once.