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“If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work. Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Risk being unliked. Tell the truth as you understand it. If you’re a writer you have a moral obligation to do this. And it is a revolutionary act—truth is always subversive.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
“He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. He is careful of what he learns, for that is what he will know.”
― The Writing Life
― The Writing Life
“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
“And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Best Book Club Ever
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The Best Book Club ever is for all members of the club. May you be from the California or Texas branch. This book club is for a bunch of great women ...more
Esa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Esa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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370 friends
232 books
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78 friends
699 books
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164 friends
340 books
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84 friends
303 books
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50 friends
3,101 books
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337 friends
48 books
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53 friends
243 books
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70 friends
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