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See this? I wrote this piece two years ago, after my parents died. I was angry. I was hurt. I wrote down exactly what I was feeling. When I read it now, I don't share those same feelings. Do I regret writing it? No. Because there's a chance that someone in this very room may relate to this. It might mean something to them. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#writing #inspirational

Writing is the emotional morphine. ↗

— Mariam Maarouf

#inspirational #writing #inspirational

A good writer is always a people watcher. ↗

— Judy Blume

#good #good writer #people #writer

Speak up and speak clearly. I want to hear what you have to say because it matters. Let's listen to each other and respect one another's opinions. Although, they may be different, wisdom allows us to be responsible for our own feelings and actions. ↗

— Felicia Johnson

#inspirational #life-lessons #love #novel #respect

Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one SAYS. ‘Love’ is one of those words, performative words. Some words can literally make things real. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#reading #words #writing #love

It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#divorce #evidence #infidelity #marriage #pencils

You cannot keep something down that is bound to rise. ↗

— Juliet C. Obodo

#inspiration-for-writers #new-york-city #travel #inspirational

Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: "Fool!" said my muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write. ↗

— Philip Sidney

#writers-block #writers-on-writing #writing-advice #inspirational

Tell your story. Don't try and tell the stories that other people can tell. Any starting writer starts out with other people's voices. But as quickly as you can start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there will always be better writers than you and there will always be smarter writers than you, but you are the only you. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#writing-advice #inspirational

I will write one book that will change entire humankind if only you have enough guts to read my previous ones. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#change #guts #humankind #reading #writing