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James Matthew Barrie: Bring Sunshine

June 3, 2016by bethnyland Leave a comment

“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” James Matthew Barrie novelist & playwright creator of Peter Pan (1860-1937)

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Mark Twain: Pause

April 9, 2016by bethnyland Leave a comment

   The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. Mark Twain, writer & humorist (1835-1910)

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

March 27, 2016by bethnyland Leave a comment

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination. Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (1889-1951)

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Ben Okri

March 15, 2016by bethnyland Leave a comment

Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world. Ben Okri, poet and novelist born March 15, 1959

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A.Word.A.Day brought wisdom my way

December 9, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

Every day “A.Word.A.Day” lands in my email inbox. Anu Garg and team produce this and other resources as part of Wordsmith.org: Wordsmith is a worldwide online community of people who share […]

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Being Creative, Beloved Quotes, Writing

Hart Crane

July 21, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment. Hart Crane, poet (1899-1932)

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Anais Nin

November 17, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living. Anais Nin

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Anatole France

July 31, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand them. Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924)

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Thornton Wilder

June 18, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good. Thornton Wilder, writer (1897-1975)

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Brenda Ueland

May 4, 2012by bethnyland 2 Comments

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child stringing beads in kindergarten—happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead […]

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Ray Bradbury

December 20, 2011by bethnyland Leave a comment

My stories run up and bite me in the leg — I respond by writing them down — everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea […]

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Jerome Jerome

February 12, 2011by bethnyland Leave a comment

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time […]

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William Thackery

January 31, 2011by bethnyland Leave a comment

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write. William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist (1811-1863)

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Satir

January 17, 2011by bethnyland Leave a comment

Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference. Virginia Satir

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