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How to Deal

Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, quotes, Thoughts, Tuesdays on October 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »

The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.
— Dame Helen Mirren

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See the World

Posted in Likes, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, Writers on August 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »

“Stuff your eyes with wonder,” he said, “live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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Make It Good

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Fiction, life, optimism, quotes, Thoughts, Writers, writing on June 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I ran across a quote once that said something like “the difference between a tragedy and a comedy is where you stop,” but I like this one better.

“The difference between pessimism and optimism is constructing a good ending.”
— Barbara Kingsolver

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Good Goals

Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, Writers on August 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Open the Sky

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Fiction, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, Writers on August 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »

“We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.”
― Walter Mosley, Blue Light

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No Rules

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, quotes, Thoughts, writing on May 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »

“There are no rules in fiction, only vague guidelines. Pick the approach that works best for you and write like the wind.”
— Ilona Andrews

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Human

Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, Writers on May 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »

“You say you’re ‘depressed’ — all I see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn’t mean you’re defective — it just means you’re human.”
― David Mitchell

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