#muse

The boys were amazed that I could make such a poem as that out of my own head, and so was I, of course, it being as much a surprise to me as it could be to anybody, for I did not know that it was in me. If any had asked me a single day before if it was in me, I should have told them frankly no, it was not. That is the way with us; we may go on half of our life not knowing such a thing is in us, when in reality it was there all the time, and all we needed was something to turn up that would call for it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#inspiration #muses #poetry #unexpected #inspirational

This is a perfect example of how entirely out of hand the women in this country have gotten. You act like men aren't anything more than extraneous amusements, little toys to keep you entertained. ↗

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#entertainment #men #toys #women #men

Don't say you're inspired if you keep nagging. Don't appreciate if you're not satisfied. Don't indulge if you're neither a materialised person. Don't complain if you're not amused. Don't be a smug if you're too obnoxious to others. Don't interest out of my expense. Don't end without starting. Don't runnaway if you know you can hide forever. Don't be bless if you know its only an act. Don't do 'i dont' if you still care. Don't isolate what you can't form. Don't be too blur. ↗

— Sephiwe Mduduzi Msiza

#appreciate #blur #complain #expense #form

Always be "opportunity-ready" - The greatest door-opening opportunities often come in the form of objections. ↗

— Lisa Washington

#motivational #muse #publishing #writing #inspirational

Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll. ↗

— Helen Hanson

#hard-work #inspiration #muse #inspirational

I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey. ↗

— John Burroughs

#muses #reading #inspirational

I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#dreams #expected #i #i write #just

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#amuse #cherish #friends #our #ours

Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now. ↗

— Chris Van Allsburg

#change #far #following #formula #i

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement. ↗

— George Bancroft

#characters #depend #enough #exciting #lives