#thor

To fight discouragement, remind yourself of the basics: I can write. I have the opportunity to do so. I love what I write. Now smile and be thankful. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#discouragement #encouragement #gratitude #richelle #richelle-goodrich

Next time!" In what calendar are kept the records of those next times which never come? ↗

— Helen Hunt Jackson

#calendar #california #female-author #future #helen-hunt-jackson

HARRY DRESDEN—WIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties, or Other Entertainment ↗

— Jim Butcher

#quote #love

I love when I finish reading a chapter that I wrote and my cheeks hurt from smiling and all I can utter is, 'Wow.' ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#author #books #reading #richelle #richelle-goodrich

No matter what you write, no matter how meticulous and painstaking the creation process, someone is going to laugh, scorn, and dissect your work with criticism while another quietly falls in love with it. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#author #create #form #produce #richelle

You know when I told you the joke about how a friend will help you move, but a real friend will help you move a body? I was only kidding. ↗

— Brad Thor

#brad-thor #fiction #scot-harvath #thriller #thriller

I spin around on the swivel chair and look up at the ceiling; Oliver being Oliver being Oliver being Oliver. I am suddenly aware of the separation between my-actual-self and myself-as-seen-by-others. Who would win in an arm wrestle? Who is better-looking? Who has the higher IQ? ↗

— Joe Dunthorne

#joe-dunthorne #submarine #introspection

Don’t bother calling the cops, because nobody can find me here. I know, because after all these years, I’m still trying to find myself.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cops #find-myself #identity #introspective #police

Were ya really tryin' to stab that demon in the ass?” Riley groaned. “No, I was aiming for its leg, and it moved. I looked like a total dork.” Not to me. ↗

— Jana Oliver

#denver-beck #jana-oliver #riley-blackthorne #ya

Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor. ↗

— Stan Lee

#graphic-novel #lee #marvel #mjolnirm #mythology