Inspiring the Writer

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I have a collection of some beautiful quotes on writers which I read from time to time to keep getting inspiration. Thought of sharing them with you here today :

  • Fill the paper with the breathings of your heart - William Wordsworth

  • The pages are still blank but there is a feeling of the words being there written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible -Vladimir Nabakov

  • The story I am writing exists written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place in the air. All I must do is find it and copy it.  - Jules Renard Diary, Feb 1895

  • Ink on paper is as beautiful to me as flowers on the mountains; God composes why shouldn't we? - Terri Guillemets
 
  • Writing is a struggle against silence - Carlos Fuentes
 
  • When I am writing I know I am doing the thing I was born to do - Anne Sexton


Cheers to the writer in each one of us!

Comments

  1. Anonymous20 May 2012 at 15:14

    Thank you for the encouragement- I'll keep these close by on the journey to the book. :)

    Take care,

    Casey

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    1. Privy Trifles20 May 2012 at 22:46

      I am glad you liked them.

      Thanks for being here. :)

      TC

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  2. Unknown20 May 2012 at 18:49

    Loved the great quotes.

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  3. Unknown31 August 2013 at 23:29

    Nice collection of quotes :)

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