“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.” ~ C. S. Lewis “My literature is much more the result of a paradox than than of an implacable logic,Continue reading “Writer Expectations”
Category Archives: Learning
What’s in a Word?
“The mind that opens up to a new idea never returns to its original size.” – Albert Einstein “We don’t have to agree on anything to be kind to one another.” – Janis Ian “If man understood that ‘what I create has nothing to do with what anybody else is creating’ then he wouldn’t beContinue reading “What’s in a Word?”
Late Bloomers
“Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” – Betty Friedan “No one can avoid aging, but aging productively is something else.” – Katharine Graham “The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.” – Doug Larson “The great awarenessContinue reading “Late Bloomers”
New Year Resolutions, Bah Hum Bug!
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.” –Neil Gaiman “If you live your lifeContinue reading “New Year Resolutions, Bah Hum Bug!”
Truth and Perception
“The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.” –Captain Jack Sparrow “Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.” –Dennis Wholey “Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it’sContinue reading “Truth and Perception”