Deirdre > Deirdre's Quotes

“The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don’t talk anymore, they don’t sit down to talk and listen. They go to the theater, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories.”
― Paulo Coelho

“When you love someone, you’re capable of more than you know.”
― Faith Sullivan, Hold Me Tight

“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
― Sarah Williams

“She wondered what life would be like if there was always an arm around her shoulder and if there was a back that welcomed her hug all the time.”
― Deirdre Riordan Hall, In the Desert

“Together, they at once dodged those parts of themselves and magnified them, making for enigmatic harmony and anarchy.”
― Deirdre Riordan Hall, In the Desert

“Who am I?" She whispered. Alex opened his mouth as if to correct her, but then he said, "You are my love.”
― Deirdre Riordan Hall, In the Desert

“What will life be like, some day, once you’re writing full time? Spend hours with that thought.”
― Sean Platt, Write. Publish. Repeat.:

“The reward of being able to tell stories every day is worth the effort required to make it happen, no matter how long it takes.”
― Sean Platt, Write. Publish. Repeat.:

“If you want to succeed in indie publishing, be prepared to work your ass off and demonstrate patience.”
― Sean Platt, Write. Publish. Repeat.:

“a writer’s brand builds slowly, person by person.”
― Sean Platt, Write. Publish. Repeat.:

“Wayne Gretsky said, “A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”
― Sean Platt, Write. Publish. Repeat.:

“Almost everything you’d ever want to achieve is simple, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Know the difference. Embrace it, and you’ll have a chance of breaking free from the hypnosis.”
― Sean Platt, Write. Publish. Repeat.:

“Indies are doing well because of their willingness to experiment, their willingness to share data and lessons with other writers, and their unflinching habit of placing the reader first.”
― Sean Platt, Write. Publish. Repeat.:

“We may run, walk, stumble. drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.”
― Gloria Gaither

“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
― Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life

“Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey.

At other times, it is allowing another to take yours.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you
control it.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

“When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If you reach in both directions, you will have spanned the universe.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“I am here to live out loud.”
― Emila Zola

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

“Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.”
― Marianne Williamson

“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.”
― Marianne Williamson

“I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that a spring was breaking
out in my heart.
I said: Along which secret aqueduct,
Oh water, are you coming to me,
water of a new life
that I have never drunk?

Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.

Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that a fiery sun was giving
light inside my heart.
It was fiery because I felt
warmth as from a hearth,
and sun because it gave light
and brought tears to my eyes.

Last night as I slept,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that it was God I had
here inside my heart. ”
― Antonio Machado

“You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, I told him, like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you'll never be this way ever again.”
― Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

“The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.”
― William H. Gass, A Temple of Texts

“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
― Edward Gorey

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
― W.B. Yeats