Kirby Coe

“Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.”
― Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune

“Do you think that Hemingway knew he was a writer at twenty years old? No, he did not. Or Fitzgerald, or Wolfe. This is a difficult concept to grasp. Hemingway didn't know he was Ernest Hemingway when he was a young man. Faulkner didn't know he was William Faulkner. But they had to take the first step. They had to call themselves writers. That is the first revolutionary act a writer has to make. It takes courage. But it's necessary”
― Pat Conroy, My Losing Season: A Memoir

“Education is no substitute for intelligence.”
― Frank Herbert

“Never try to solve the problem for the spirits by thinking about the details, but think of how you will feel when it is solved for you.”
― Damon Brand, Words of Power: Secret Magickal Sounds That Manifest Your Desires