Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

This is an amazing sentiment about change....

"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."-C.S. Lewis Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

I wish, as a writer, that it was....

...always possible to hold on to this bit of wisdom. Why is it so easy to get blocked or to doubt that you are really a writer. I have heard of writers with many well-received books to their credit, who worry with each new book that they won't be able to write anymore. "Patience and perserverence... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Are we writing literature?

Oh my! I love this definition of what literature is....It broadens and deepens my idea of what it is, and raises the hope that we can all aspire to the writing of it..... "The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it." -Elizabeth Drew Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 27, 2007

Writing about yourself....

"Writing an autobiography and making a spiritual will are practically the same."-Sholem Aleichem Much of what I write and read on Blogit is essentially someone's autobiography. Even if we don't mean to share the condition of our souls, what we write and how we comment our responses to others may... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 25, 2007

We go to school for years and years and years....

...I like this quote that looks at the 'up' side of education, a lofty goal to aim for. "Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."-Robert Frost Sign in to see full entry.

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