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#1

“Story is a butterfly whose wings transport us to another world where we receive gifts that change who we are and who we want to be.”
― Harley King

tags: butterfly, gifts, story

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#2

“We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage

tags: dreams, nourishment, soul

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#3

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
― Pablo Picasso

tags: art

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#4

“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

tags: life, love

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#5

“I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.”
― O. Henry

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#6

“It's only those who are persistent and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the master work.”
― Paulo Coehlo

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#7

“At one time I was weary of verse writing, and wanted to give it up. At another time I was determined to be a poet until I could establish a proud name over others. The alternatives battled in my mind and made my life restless.”
― Matsuo Bashō

tags: alternatives, poet, poetry, tired, verses

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#8

“When composing a verse let there not be a hair's breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.”
― Bashō

tags: composition, creating, haiku, japanese, poetry, zen, zen-monks

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#9

“Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.”
― Santoka Taneda, Mountain Tasting: Haiku and Journals of Santoka Taneda

tags: composition, creating, haiku, japanese, poetry, zen, zen-monks

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#10

“Real haiku is the soul of poetry. Anything that is not actually present in one's heart is not haiku. The moon glows, flowers bloom, insects cry, water flows. There is no place we cannot find flowers or think of the moon. This is the essence of haiku. Go beyond the restrictions of your era, forget about purpose or meaning, separate yourself from historical limitations—there you will find the essence of true art, religion, and science.”
― Santoka Taneda, Mountain Tasting: Haiku and Journals of Santoka Taneda

tags: composition, creating, haiku, japanese, poetry, zen, zen-monks

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#11

“Reading haiku is as much an art as writing it. The reader needs to pause and listen to the silences, to feel the spaces between the words, and to journey into the depths of many multi-colored worlds.”
― Harley King, Mother, Don't Lock Me In That Closet!

tags: haiku, journey, poetry, reading, silence, writing

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#12

“Writing poetry is about learning to pare down the poem to the most essential words. Every word used has to be crucial to the poem.”
― Harley King

tags: poetry, words, writing

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#13

“Reading haiku is like viewing a photograph or a painting. A haiku is a moment of time, isolated, and held up for viewing.”
― Harley King, Mother, Don't Lock Me In That Closet!

tags: haiku, moment, reading

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#14

“I write because I have to write; but I also write because there’s somebody out there, hopefully, who will read it.”
― Harley King

tags: reading, writing

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#15

“Don't play what's there; play what's not there.”
― Miles Davis

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#16

“Writing is the dragon that lives underneath my floorboards. The one I incessantly feed for fear it may turn and devour my ass. Writing is the friend who doesn't return my phone calls; the itch I'm unable to scratch; a dinner invitation from a cannibal; elevator music for a narcoleptic. Writing is the hope of lifting all boats by pissing in the ocean. Writing isn't something that makes me happy like a good cup of coffee. It's just something I do because not writing, as I've found, is so much worse.”
― Quentin R. Bufogle

tags: writer-s-pain, writer-s-philosophy, writer-s-voice, writers-on-writing, writers-quotes, writers-world, writing, writing-process

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#17

“Writing
is therapeutic. It helps you cope with issues that seem gargantuan at the time.
The process of expressing yourself about a problem, editing your thoughts, and
writing some more can help you control issues that you face.”
― Guy Kawasaki, APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur. How to Publish a Book

tags: writing, writing-process

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#18

“For me a page of good prose is where one hears the rain. A page of good prose is when one hears the noise of battle.... A page of good prose seems to me the most serious dialogue that well-informed and intelligent men and women carry on today in their endeavor to make sure that the fires of this planet burn peaceably.”
― John Cheever

tags: fiction, prose, short-stories

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#19

“People haven't always been there for me but music always has.”
― Taylor Swift

tags: music

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#20

“Writing is really just a matter of writing a lot, writing consistently and having faith that you'll continue to get better and better. Sometimes, people think that if they don't display great talent and have some success right away, they won't succeed. But writing is about struggling through and learning and finding out what it is about writing itself that you really love.”
― Laura Kasischke

tags: love, struggle, success, talent, writing

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#21

“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
― T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets

tags: life-experience, poetry, self-discovery, wisdom

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#22

“Writing was a spiritual exercise for my father, the only thing he really believed in.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Armageddon in Retrospect

tags: belief, spiritual, vonnegut, writing

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#23

“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have faith.”
― Paulo Coelho

tags: faith, trust

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#24

“When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

tags: disappointment, life, mistakes

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#25

“... What is God?
He is the breath inside the breath.”
― Kabir

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#26

“Spring is nature's way of saying, Let's party!”
― Robin Williams

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#27

“I wept because I was re-experiencing the enthusiasm of my childhood; I was once again a child, and nothing in the world could cause me harm.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage

tags: child, childhood, enthusiasm, tears

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#28

“What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I regard as the highest expression of human dignity.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage

tags: dignity, vanity

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#29

“Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage

tags: companion, death, life, meaning

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#30

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, children, fairy-tales

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