Emily
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“when people give you advice, they’re really just talking to themselves in the past.”
― Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
― Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
“As in all sweetest music, a tinge of sadness was in every note. Nor do we know how much of the pleasures even of life we owe to the intermingled sorrows. Joy cannot unfold the deepest truths, although deepest truth must be deepest joy.”
― Phantastes
― Phantastes
“Don't fret when the path is lonely or treacherous. Look up.”
― The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith
― The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith
“Often because of misplaced priorities, we unwittingly limp along on a starvation diet of Scripture, forgetting that we have an appointment with Satan, our deceiver and accuser, the minute we rise from our reading chair.”
― Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ
― Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ
“Always be reading. Go to the library. There’s magic in being surrounded by books. Get lost in the stacks. Read bibliographies. It’s not the book you start with, it’s the book that book leads you to. Collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, “Nothing is more important than an unread library.” Don’t worry about doing research. Just search.”
― Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
― Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
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