“Love is holy because it is like grace--the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.”
― Gilead
― Gilead
“Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“I’m writing this in part to tell you that if you ever wonder what you’ve done in your life, and everyone does wonder sooner or later, you have been God’s grace to me, a miracle, something more than a miracle. You may not remember me very well at all, and it may seem to you to be no great thing to have been the good child of an old man in a shabby little town you will no doubt leave behind. If only I had the words to tell you.”
― Gilead
― Gilead
“It starts with this: put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why it isn't in the middle of the room. Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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