Jaye

Jaye’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (141)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (829)
fantasy‎ (55)
scifi‎ (52)
other-worlds‎ (29)
graphic-novel‎ (27)

althistory‎ (14)
horror‎ (13)
star-wars‎ (12)
thriller‎ (11)
anthology‎ (9)
feminism‎ (7)
urban-fantasy‎ (7)

detective-stories‎ (6)
lovecraft-s-children‎ (5)
non-fic‎ (5)
police-procedural‎ (5)
quit‎ (4)
space-opera‎ (4)
steampunk‎ (3)

warhammer‎ (3)
science-fantasy‎ (2)
weird-west‎ (2)
mythology‎ (1)
poetry‎ (1)
romance‎ (1)
not-interested‎ (0)

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Jaye’s Quotes

“My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.”
― Patricia Highsmith

tags: conversations, distractions, imagination, quiet, solitude

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“Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of magic.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

tags: books, communication, humanity, literature, words, writing

43 likes

“I know all about endings. It is beginnings that elude me.”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon

1576 likes

“Write as much as you can.
As fast as you can.
Finish your shit.
Hit your deadlines.
Try very hard not to suck.”
― Chuck Wendig

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“In a child's eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

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