Quotes

[close] It was John Gardner—legendary teacher of the craft—who said that the elements of fiction, like the words in a language, are finite. I set about to verify this by scouring for and collecting authors’ quotes about them—a task that began as a cheat sheet, a short list of those elements I recognized and documented by quotes, but it soon took on a (long) life of its own. This is the result.

[close] We believe that books are like gold, they never rust. Join us as a good reader and be a miner, mine for your golden words and let them shine on this page as a beautiful quote. Share with us the best parts of your favourite book/books!

[close] Posting quotes & things I write worth remembering at least for a little while. I considered putting this under "gardening". I'm reminded by something Napoleon Hill wrote, "The unconscious mind is a rich garden in which weeds will grow in abundance if seeds of a more desirable nature are not sewn therein”

[close] The Book of Sand, "because neither the book nor the sand has any beginning or end" according to Borges. so here we are, sailing through pages of an endless book, sharing quotes, grasping the world in our hands through books. My friends, this is a group where we can create a new world full of art. It's our page to share books and discuss them, inspire each other, where the younger and older meet each learning from the other.