Katherine Frances's Blog, page 385
March 16, 2015
"All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the..."
“All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.”
- Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven (via feellng)
- Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven (via feellng)
March 15, 2015
"The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are..."
““The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone.””
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Donna Tartt, author of
The Secret History
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writeworld:
Writer’s BlockA picture says a thousand words....
A picture says a thousand words. Write them.
Mission: Write a story, a description, a poem, a metaphor, a commentary, or a critique about this picture. Write something about this picture.
Be sure to tag writeworld in your block!
Sapphire and diamond tiara, property of a polish countess....
Sapphire and diamond tiara, property of a polish countess. 1900s.
putthepromptsonpaper:
“It’s beautiful how you manage to turn everything I like about myself into...
“It’s beautiful how you manage to turn everything I like about myself into something awful”
fandomsohard:authors that go on killing sprees every 100 pages
authors that go on killing sprees every 100 pages
"We’re talking about the novel, right? But maybe we’re not. We’re talking about ourselves. And I..."
“We’re talking about the novel, right? But maybe we’re not. We’re talking about ourselves. And I guess that’s what can start to happen when you talk about a book.”
- Meg Wolitzer, Belzhar (via wordsnquotes)
- Meg Wolitzer, Belzhar (via wordsnquotes)
