Stella Blue

“Letters are just pieces of paper," I said. "Burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay; keep them, and what vanishes will vanish.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“I feel more alive when I'm writing than I do at any other time--except maybe when I'm making love.”
― May Sarton

“Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at fifteen to write several novels.”
― May Sarton

“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.”
― Maya Angelou