#hi

God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace. ↗

— William Gurnall

#carry #debt #god #god hath #grace

Opportunity knocked. My doorman threw him out. ↗

— Adrienne Gusoff

#knocked #opportunity #out #threw

I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are. ↗

— David Guterson

#compulsion #consider #deeply #duty #ethical

Everybody has a world, and that world is completely hidden until we begin to inquire. As soon as we do, that entire world opens to us and yields itself. And you see how full and complex it is. ↗

— David Guterson

#completely #complex #entire #entire world #everybody

I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years. ↗

— David Guterson

#here #i #i was born #lived #plus

I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

#i #second #started #third #trying

I have traveled the entire state and spent a lot of time out of doors. So I have known the landscape of the Columbia Basin for quite a while, and I have had this strong feeling about it for many years. ↗

— David Guterson

#basin #columbia #doors #entire #feeling

I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute. ↗

— David Guterson

#cases #commute #growing #growing up #heard

I think of myself as a really happy person. ↗

— David Guterson

#happy person #i #i think #myself #person

I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer. ↗

— David Guterson

#i think #know #obligation #share #think