“You may tire of reality but you never tire of dreams.”
~ Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), The Road to Yesterday
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“Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts.”
~ Brian W. Aldiss
Posted in About Writing, Poetry, That Which Broadens the Mind, The Writing Life
Tagged life, Theophile Gautier, travel, writing, writing career
“It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.”
~ Benjamin Disraeli
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
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Posted in Art, That Which Broadens the Mind, The Importance of Fantasy
Tagged Albert Einstein, Einstein, life, reality, truth
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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Posted in Politics, That Which Broadens the Mind, Writers as Critics, Writers on Life
Tagged Clemens, individuality, life, majority, Mark Twain, minority, pause, politics, reflect, reflection, Samuel Clemens, Twain, wisdom
“The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.”
~ Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881)
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“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.”
~ C. S. Lewis
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Posted in About Writers, That Which Broadens the Mind, The Writing Life, Truth, Writers as Thinkers, Writers on Life
Tagged C. S. Lewis, comfort, Lewis, life, truth
“Writing is far too hard work to say what someone else wants me to. Serving it as a craft, using it as a way of growing in my own understanding, seems to me to be a beautiful way to live. And if that product is shareable with other people, so much the better.”
~ Jane Rule
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