The Mindful Writer Quotes

“Not all writing is political or revolutionary, but the very act of giving yourself permission to write, to speak, to share the truth no matter whether the truth you understand is the truth others want to acknowledge, is brave, powerful, and important.”
― Dinty W. Moore, The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life

“Exercise the muscles that compassionately open the heart.

In your writing and your life.”
― Dinty W. Moore, The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life

“Words will never fully capture what is alive in our hearts.

It would be a shame, though, if we denied our bears their dancing.”
― Dinty W. Moore, The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life

“What are minnows but brief flashes? And what are thoughts? And how do you capture a brief flash, even for a second?”
― Dinty W. Moore, The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life