#lor

Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel. ↗

— Jane Porter

#authors #chief #country #dr #glory

If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#agony #any #discovery #exploration #go

What I have in advance are people I want to write about and a problem or problems that I see those people encountering and that I want to explore - it all proceeds sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, and scene by scene. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#advance #encountering #explore #i #i see

Once I was gone for a month and I was just miserable, so I flew back from Florida for two hours just to be home and see my cats. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#cats #flew #florida #gone #home

We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things. ↗

— John Wesley Powell

#beset #channel #conjecture #distance #explore

The greatest desire of my heart was for the Lord to manifest His will concerning me. ↗

— Orson Pratt

#desire #greatest #heart #his #lord

My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor. ↗

— Victoria Pratt

#counselor #day #first #i #job

The only reason I don't want to commit adultery is because I love my wife and I love my lord. ↗

— Joseph Prince

#because #commit #i #i love #lord

My house is very serious. It's a lot of antiques, and the way I decided to liven it up is, I paired it very vibrant colors and - bugs... I think that they're pretty. And I think that they're fascinating and they're natural. ↗

— Emily Procter

#bugs #colors #decided #fascinating #house

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

#climbing #difficult #gives #glory #i