Amber Smith > Amber's Quotes

“When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.”
― Adrienne Rich

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

“Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.”
― Eudora Welty, On Writing

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
― Nelson Mandela

“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”
― Albert Einstein

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“You have to write about what keeps you up at night.”
― Judy Goldman

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

“Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.”
― Anne Sexton

“Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake