#ok

Which, of course, isn't the point of writing - but it would be nice if, along with the creative satisfaction of writing and seeing my work in print, I could do more than merely scrape a living. Okay, moaning over. ↗

— Eric Brown

#be nice #could #course #creative #i

There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#blossom #breathed #breezes #eye #fragrance

Thine eyes are springs in whose serene And silent waters heaven is seen. Their lashes are the herbs that look On their young figures in the brook. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#eyes #figures #heaven #herbs #lashes

I'm going to be the nominee. It's very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high I'm going to be the nominee. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#hard #high #i #look #nominee

My life has been an open book, for better or for worse. ↗

— Blake Shelton

#better #book #life #my life #open

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams. ↗

— Les Brown

#begin #charge #design #destinies #dreams

Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing. ↗

— Louise Brown

#commission #doing #other #plenty #publishers

I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas. ↗

— Louise Brown

#book #i #nepal #nonfiction #novel

The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places. ↗

— Louise Brown

#been #books #cumulative #hearing #importance

Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good books. ↗

— Pat Brown

#books #go #good #killers #less