Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Thursday, January 27, 2005

This is a statement that is proven again and again in the daily postings...

...on Blogit.. "A human being is nothing but a story with skin around it."-Fred Allen Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Wisdom comes with time and experience....

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."-Oliver Wendell Holmes Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 24, 2005

I have been thinking a lot about faith versus fear...

...and this quote is a wonderful take on the choices we all have to make as we put one foot in front of the other day after day. "Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."-Henry Ward Beecher Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 23, 2005

STUCK! A few words on writer's block...

"You don't know what it is to stay a whole day with your head in your hands trying to squeeze you unfortunate brain so as to find a word."-Gustave Flaubert Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Poetry as journal?

This is an amazing definition of poetry! "Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away."... Sign in to see full entry.

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