Hanna

“There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world.”
― Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

“Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

“It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“What is the greatest reward a writer can have? Isn't it that day when someone rushes up to you, his face bursting with honesty, his eyes afire with admiration and cries, "That new story of yours was fine, really wonderful!”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You