“Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.” -Carl von Clausewitz
Quotes
Never Give Up…The Tide Will Turn
“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Moment Of Writing…
“The moment of writing is not an escape…it is only an insistence, through the imagination, upon human ecstasy, and a reminder that such ecstasy remains as much a birthright in this world as misery remains a condition of it.” ―Larry Levis
We Should Write As We Dream…
“We should write as we dream; we should even try and write, we should all do it for ourselves, it’s very healthy, because it’s the only place where we never lie. At night we don’t lie. Now if we think that our whole lives are built on lying-they are strange buildings-we should try and write as our dreams teach us; shamelessly, fearlessly, and by facing what is inside very human being-sheer violence, disgust, terror, shit, invention, poetry. In our dreams we are criminals; we kill, and we kill with a lot of enjoyment. But we are also the happiest people on earth; we make love as we never make love in life.” ―Hélène Cixous
Magic Is Believing…
“Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.”
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There’s Nothing…
“There’s nothing more dangerous than an idea if it’s the only one you have.”
-Unknown
If You Do Not Express…
“If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.”
-Rollo May
Death Never…
“Death never pierces the heart so much as when it takes someone we love; cleaving the heart they held with their passing.” ―Brandon M. Herbert
*In Memory of my Uncle. Ti amo con tutto il mio cuore.*
There Is No Beauty In…
“There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No relief in hate. It’s just a waste of perfectly good happiness.” ―Katerina Stoykova Klemer
The Life Of…
“The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.” ―Marcus Tullius Cicero
