#ear

Words are the bones. Writing is the lungs. Reading is like breathing. ↗

— T.L. Crain

#truth-inspirational #writing-craft #writing-from-the-heart #humor

The Small Business Lending Fund was cleverly named by its authors last Congress. Since its implementation, however, it would appear a more appropriate name would be the Bailed Out Bank Refinancing Fund. ↗

— Ed Royce

#appropriate #authors #bailed #bank #business

A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket. ↗

— Emil Zatopek

#dreams #heart #his #money #must

Guys always think tears are a sign of weakness. They’re a sign of FRUSTRATION. She’s only crying so she won’t cut your throat in your sleep. So make nice and be grateful. ↗

— Donna Barr

#crying #frustration #men-women #tears #weakness

With two books a year, I don't have time for writer's block. ↗

— James Rollins

#books #i #time #two #writer

I met a lot of things on the way that astonished me. Tom Bombadil I knew already; but I had never been to Bree. Strider sitting in the corner at the inn was a shock, and I had no more idea who he was than had Frodo. The Mines of Moria had been a mere name; and of Lothloriene no word had reached my mortal ears till I came there. Far away I knew there were the Horselords on the confines of an ancient Kingdom of Men, but Fanghorn Forest was an unforeseen adventure. I had never heard of the House of Eorl nor of the Stewards of Gondor. Most disquieting of all, Saruman had never been revealed to me, and I was as mystefied as Frodo at Gandalf's failure to appear on September 22. J.R.R. Tolkien, in a letter to W.H. Auden, June 7, 1955 ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#tolkien #writing #men

Men walk through tragedy, quietly, calm and precise on the outside, tearing themselves to shreds inside. ↗

— Steven Herrick

#inside #outside #precise #quetly #tearing-yourself-to-shreds

The purpose of life is soul growth. We are here to become transcendent and to become one with God. There is no more to life than this. In other words, we are here to love. ↗

— Sara Wiseman

#god #heart-opening #inspiration #intuition #soul

The tragedy of Tupac is that his untimely passing is representative of too many young black men in this country....If we had lost Oprah Winfrey at 25, we would have lost a relatively unknown, local market TV anchorwoman. If we had lost Malcolm X at 25, we would have lost a hustler named Detroit Red. And if I had left the world at 25, we would have lost a big-band trumpet player and aspiring composer--just a sliver of my eventual life potential. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#lost-potential #death

All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#fear #gods #men