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I made a startling discovery. Time spent writing = output of work. Amazing.


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Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.

Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.



Part of it is living in Tennessee. I'm so out of the loop. And as a person, I'm out of the loop. I'm oblivious by nature.

Part of it is living in Tennessee. I'm so out of the loop. And as a person, I'm out of the loop. I'm oblivious by nature.



Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.

Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.



No matter how much we love a book, the experience of reading it isn't complete until we can give it to someone who will love it as much as we do

No matter how much we love a book, the experience of reading it isn't complete until we can give it to someone who will love it as much as we do



Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words.

Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words.



You are always someones favorite unfolding story

You are always someones favorite unfolding story



Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.

Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.



I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it's like writing a grocery list.

I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it's like writing a grocery list.



There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.

There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.



Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.

Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.





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Catherine had never wanted comfort more, and [Henry] looked as if he was aware of it.



Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.



When it comes to standing up for veterans, we cannot be the Republicans and Democrats, we have to be the red, white, and blue party.

When it comes to standing up for veterans, we cannot be the Republicans and Democrats, we have to be the red, white, and blue party.



A house does not need a wife any more than it needs a husband.

A house does not need a wife any more than it needs a husband.



Obviously, I can't perform; admittedly, I'm terrible.

Obviously, I can't perform; admittedly, I'm terrible.



The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another.

The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another.



When you fuel up with purpose you find the excitement in the mundane, the passion in the everyday, the extraordinary in the ordinary.

When you fuel up with purpose you find the excitement in the mundane, the passion in the everyday, the extraordinary in the ordinary.



If you're doing something you love, an hour feels like five minutes. If you're doing something that doesn't resonate with your spirit, five minutes feels like an hour.

If you're doing something you love, an hour feels like five minutes. If you're doing something that doesn't resonate with your spirit, five minutes feels like an hour.



Everyone of you right now is valuable and essential.

Everyone of you right now is valuable and essential.




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