Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Here is a quote I really enjoy....

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, all in one. "-John Ruskin(1819-1900) As a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 26, 2006

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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Thursday, August 24, 2006

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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...language raised to the Nth power....

This is a wonderful analogy. Sometimes poems feel like they get into the very stream of my blood turning the calm waters into rolling rapids... "Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

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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