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“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to breathe.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a lot. It’s not just a question of how-to, you see; it’s also a question of how much to. Reading will help you answer how much, and only reams of writing will help you with the how. You can learn only by doing.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Bad writing is more than a matter of shit syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories about what people actually do― to face the fact, let us say, that murderers sometimes help old ladies cross the street.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Almost everyone can remember losing his or her virginity, and most writers can remember the first book he/she put down thinking: I can do better than this. Hell, I am doing better than this! What could be more encouraging to the struggling writer than to realize his/her work is unquestionably better than that of someone who actually got paid for his/her stuff?”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

“I just want to break that song into pieces and love them all to death.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“You saved me life, she tried to tell him. Not forever, not for good. Probably just temporarily. But you saved my life, and now I'm yours. The me that's me right now is yours. Always.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“Amar você é coisa de minutos
A morte é menos que teu beijo
Tão bom ser teu que sou
Eu a teus pés derramado
Pouco resta do que fui
De ti depende ser bom ou ruim
Serei o que achares conveniente
Serei para ti mais que um cão
Uma sombra que te aquece
Um deus que não esquece
Um servo que não diz não
Morto teu pai serei teu irmão
Direi os versos que quiseres
Esquecerei todas as mulheres
Serei tanto e tudo e todos
Vais ter nojo de eu ser isso
E estarei a teu serviço
Enquanto durar meu corpo
Enquanto me correr nas veias
O rio vermelho que se inflama
Ao ver teu rosto feito tocha
Serei teu pão tua coisa tua rocha
Sim, eu estarei aqui”
― Paulo Leminski, Toda Poesia

“ah se pelo menos
eu te amasse menos
tudo era mais fácil
os dias mais amenos
folhas dentro da alface
mas não
tinha que ser entre nós
esse fogo
esse ferro
essa pedreira
extremos
chamando extremos na distância”
― Paulo Leminski, Toda Poesia

“por mais que eu ande
nada em mim imagina
o que é que menina
tão pequena está fazendo
numa cidade tão grande”
― Paulo Leminski, Toda Poesia

“believe it or not
this very if
is everything you got”
― Paulo Leminski

“O tempo fica
cada vez
mais lento
e eu
lendo
lendo
lendo
vou acabar
virando lenda”
― Paulo Leminski, Toda Poesia

“Ler trevas. Nas letras, ler tudo o que de ler não te atrevas. Ler mais. Ler além. Além do bem. Além do mal. Além do além.”
― Paulo Leminski, Toda Poesia

“Escrevo. E pronto.
Escrevo porque preciso,
preciso porque estou tonto.
Ninguém tem nada com isso.
Escrevo porque amanhece
e as estrelas lá no céu
lembram letras no papel,
quando o poema me anoitece.
A aranha tece teias.
O peixe beija e morde o que vê.
Eu escrevo apenas.
Tem que ter por quê?”
― Paulo Leminski, Toda Poesia

“Oceans,
emotions,
ships, ships,
and other relationships,
keep us going
through the fog
and wandering mist.
What is it
that I missed?”
― Paulo Leminski, Toda Poesia

“It's only life
but I like it”
― Paulo Leminski, Toda Poesia

“Não discuto
com o destino
o que pintar
eu assino”
― Paulo Leminski, Toda Poesia

“Só uma nuvem
te separa
das estrelas”
― Paulo Leminski, Toda Poesia

“o tempo
entre o sopro
e o apagar da vela”
― Paulo Leminski, Toda Poesia

“I loved you before I met you, and I loved you the moment I held you. And I never meant to leave you so soon.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“What you are is a fucking tragedy, Simon Snow. You literally couldn't be a bigger mess."
He tries to kiss me, but I pull back- "And you like that?"
"I love it." He says
"Why?"
"Because we match.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“Mum wanted everything, immediately.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“Those were my fifth-year fantasies: kisses and blood and Snow ridding the world of me.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“Light a match inside your heart, then blow on the tinder."
It's always fire with Baz. I can't believe he hasn't incinerated me yet.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“You will love him to ruins.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Evolution of Mara Dyer

“Time was supposed to heal all wounds, but how could it when Jude kept picking the scab?”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Evolution of Mara Dyer

“My brother cleared his throat. "I wish she knew that I think she is the most hilarious person on Earth. And that whenever she's not home, I feel like I'm missing my partner in crime."
My throat tightened. Do not cry. Do not cry.
"I wish she knew that she's really Mom's favorite--"
I shook my head here.
"--the princess she always wanted. That Mom used to dress her up like a little doll and parade her around like Mara was her greatest achievement. I wish Mara knew that I never minded, because she's my favorite too.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Evolution of Mara Dyer