#advice

What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#life-lessons #life

Writing starts with living. ↗

— L.L. Barkat

#writing-advice #writing-life #writing-philosophy #writing-process #life

Writers are born, not created. ↗

— Tim Campbell

#writing-advice #writing-life #life

If you can't stand your own company alone in a room for long hours, or, when it gets tough, the feeling of being in a locked cell, or, when it gets tougher still, the vague feeling of being buried alive--then don't be a writer. ↗

— Graham Swift

#writing-advice #writing-life #life

Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint! ↗

— Jane Austen

#love

Your love should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger / Only to someone who has the valor and daring to cut pieces of their soul off with a knife / Then weave them into a blanket to protect you. ↗

— Hafiz

#love #love-advice #lovers #love

We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured. We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and circumspect. It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does. ↗

— Jane Austen

#love #romance #love

A pure heart does not demean the spirit of an individual, it, instead, compels the individual to examine his spirit. ↗

— Criss Jami

#compelling #consideration #constructive-criticism #demean #demeaning

Lust is the difference between loving someone and being in love with someone. ↗

— Teresa Mummert

#love #lust #relationships #love

Always take the time of 180 days before you call yourself committed to someone. It takes at least a time span of six months to shed the fake skin. ↗

— Himmilicious

#relationship-advice #love