Sarah Domet > Quotes

“Maybe that's just what nostalgia is: a willingness to embrace the pain of the past.”
― Sarah Domet, The Guineveres

“We cling to the most painful reminders of our youth, our memories or our injuries, perhaps so we can look back to our former selves, console them, and say: Keep going. I know how the story ends.”
― Sarah Domet, The Guineveres

“Memories are like that, like mustard seeds, tiny at first, but eventually the largest tree in all of the garden.”
― Sarah Domet, The Guineveres

“No one can ever know you like those with whom you've shared the pangs of your youth.”
― Sarah Domet, The Guineveres

“I wondered what it was like to live in a world with the freedom to choose. Did you somehow lose yourself, or your focus, when decisions pulled your mind in so many directions? Was it confusing, burdensome, somehow?”
― Sarah Domet, The Guineveres

“Only through absence can we understand presence, he told me, and I understood that by then. I understood it well. After”
― Sarah Domet, The Guineveres

“This is the part of the story where we should have been caught, but we weren't. If we'd been found, and punished, I'd probably be telling a different story. A better one? I doubt that. A couple of us would have been spared some pain, but there was no escaping all of it.”
― Sarah Domet, The Guineveres

“Self-taught fiction writer Octavia Butler once noted, “Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.” (Emphasis mine.) Yes, inspiration might contain the spark and life of your idea, but habit gets the writing done. Inspiration resides in your heart; habit resides in your fingers. Inspiration propels; habit completes. Art equals habit plus inspiration. It’s a simple equation.”
― Sarah Domet, 90 Days To Your Novel: A Day-by-Day Plan for Outlining & Writing Your Book

“There is hell and there is war. The two are difficult to distinguish, but hopefully you’ll never know the sting of either. That’s why you need to be good girls. The world is a mysterious place, full of times. An abundance of times. Times. War times. Peace times. Sometimes it is difficult to figure out exactly what time. As you sit here today, ask yourself: What time is it?”
― Sarah Domet, The Guineveres

“That’s what faith teaches us: From hopelessness springs hope. From longing, desire.”
― Sarah Domet, The Guineveres

“Good writers aren’t born good writers; they develop into good writers through dedication and practice. Through hard work. Through habit.”
― Sarah Domet, 90 Days To Your Novel: A Day-by-Day Plan for Outlining & Writing Your Book