Roxanne Barbour's Blog, page 12
June 9, 2017
Quotation – June 9, 2017
The character on the page determines the prose–its music, its rhythms, the range and limit of its vocabulary–yet, at the outset at least, I determine the character. It usually happens that the fictitious character, once released, acquires a life and will of his or her own, so the prose, too, acquires its own inexplicable fluidity. This is one of the reasons I write: to ‘hear’ a voice not quite my own, yet summoned forth by way of my own.
Joyce Carol Oates
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Another Rhododendron
June 8, 2017
Quotation – June 8, 2017
Metaphors have a way of holding the most truths in the least space.
Orson Scott Card
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A closer look at the Rhododendrun
June 7, 2017
Quotation – June 7, 2017
When you are describing,
A shape, or sound, or tint;
Don’t state the matter plainly,
But put it in a hint;
And learn to look at all things,
With a sort of mental squint.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)
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Peony
June 6, 2017
Quotation – June 6, 2017
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction, perhaps illusory, that we have much more to say than appears on the paper.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
June 3, 2017
Quotation – June 3, 2017
To me, everything in a novel comes down to people making choices. You must figure out in advance what those choices are going to be.
Marion Zimmer Bradley
May 31, 2017
Quotation – May 31, 2017
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
Stephen Leacock
May 29, 2017
Quotation – May 29, 2017
The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.
Linus Pauling
May 26, 2017
Notable Scientist – Dr. Vera Rubin
Dr. Vera Rubin
July 1928 – December 2016
A visionary astronomer who played an instrumental role in confirming the existence of dark matter, Dr. Vera Rubin’s contributions to science will not be forgotten. A trailblazer with a passion for uncovering the unknown, she advocated for the role of women in science while expanding our understanding of the galaxy.
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Quotation – May 26, 2017
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
May 24, 2017
Quotation – May 24, 2017
An outline is crucial. It saves so much time. When you write suspense, you have to know where you’re going because you have to drop little hints along the way. With the outline, I always know where the story is going. So before I ever write, I prepare an outline of 40 or 50 pages.
John Grisham
