L.J. Stephens

“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

“ Nobody would ever be foolish enough to call marriage easy.  It’s not.  It’s hard to stay connected and utterly devoted to another human being when you’re being pulled in a zillion different directions.  But the truth is, eventually, you’re going to retire, quit, or move on from that job. Your kids will graduate, move out, and start lives of their own. Then what you’ll be left with is a stranger staring back at you, if you don’t take the time to cater to your marriage and”
― Carol Ann Albright-Eastman, Always There

“A horror movie. The kind you’re not supposed to watch before you go to sleep at night. Despite”
― Paige McKenzie, The Awakening of Sunshine Girl

“You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you. This is right up there with the best advice about writing, or life, I have ever heard. So”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life