#advice

Never ask an elf for help; they might decide your better off dead, eh?" (Orik) (Eldest) (Page 207) ↗

— Christopher Paolini

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There are two moments worthwhile in writing, the one when you start and the other when you throw it in the waste-paper basket. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

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a good writer should draw the reader in by starting in the middle of the story with a hook, then go back and fill in what happened before the hook. Once you have the reader hooked, you can write whatever you want as you slowly reel them in. ↗

— Roland Smith

#writing #writing-advice

...about clichés. Avoid them like the plague. ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

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There is a ruthlessness to the creative act. It often involves a betrayal of the status quo. ↗

— Alan Watt

#writing-advice #writing-from-the-heart #writing-process #writing-advice

Love unconditionally, laugh intentionally, live strategically, and learn daily. ↗

— Hope D. Blackwell

#love

Don't go looking for boys in the dark They will say pretty things then leave you with scars. Do go looking for boys in the park For that is where the true gentlemen are. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#gentlemen #humor #love #wisdom #humor

There’s a general rule that I always go by, and it’s that you fall for who you fall for. Whatever small issue you get hung up on, whether it’s because they’re shorter than you, younger than you or they live far away - if you really are crazy about someone, none of that matters. ↗

— Taylor Swift

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Here is how you know if it is love or lust. Push them in front of a bus. If you jump in the way and save them it is love. ↗

— Teresa Mummert

#love #lust #relationships #love

And stop talking in that puffed-up way they taught you. Words aren't brains, you know. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

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