Dana Nield
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“Sometimes not having any idea where we're going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.”
― What Now?
― What Now?
“We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“What are the best things and the worst things in your life, and when are you going to get around to whispering or shouting them?”
― Zen in the Art of Writing
― Zen in the Art of Writing
“After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again. Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“I will not be "famous," "great." I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one's self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.”
― A Writer's Diary
― A Writer's Diary
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