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Book cover for Heartwood
Sometimes, in your lap, I would press my hand against your chest so that I could feel the center of you—your heartwood, your innermost substance, like the core of a tree that keeps it standing. When I couldn’t see you, I listened for you. ...more
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Pierce Brown
“Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.”
Pierce Brown, Golden Son

Maurice Sendak
“Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.”
Maurice Sendak

Lao Tzu
“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
Lao Tzu

Dani Shapiro
“Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write”
Dani Shapiro, Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life

Dani Shapiro
“When I think of the wisest people I know, they share one defining trait: curiosity. They turn away from the minutiae of their lives-and focus on the world around them. They are motivated by the desire to explore the unfamiliar. They are drawn toward what they don't understand.”
Dani Shapiro, Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life

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