#writing-books-quote

[thepersonalwords]

When I had my girls, I knew what magic felt like for the first time. I had created people who didn't exist before. Now I write for the same reason. Creating people and their life's stories through my writing is as close to magic as I'll ever get again.

Dori Ann Dupré

[lannegarrett]

"I know adverbs are controversial, but "said softly" means something different than 'whispered' and this is the hill I will die on."

[lilydrafts]

The moment you decide you are worthy. The universe starts to agree.

[moonlight-dove]

David Benioff, Troy

// Adapted from Homer, The Iliad

[psalmieee]

Writers when it's time to write the story no one forced them to come up with in the first place 🙄

[secretsiwhispertothemoon]

Frida Kahlo, from a letter wr. c. November 1933, featured in The Letters of Frida Kahlo: Cartas Apasionadas

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[peaceishim]

[minimalist-quotes]

Don't make the mistake of being so understanding and forgiving that you overlook the fact that you're being disrespected.

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

{Words by José Olivarez from Citizen Illegal /@fatimaamerbilal , from even flesh eaters don't want me.}

[lilliesand-valleys]

[academia-lucifer]

Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.

— William Faulkner.

[lilydrafts]

Love yourself a little extra right now. You're creating the life of your dreams and you absolutely deserve it. It's about to get magical for you.

[loveelizabeths]

love elizabeth s.

[lenainwonderland]

- Vladimir Nabokov

[enesl]

Be with someone who makes you happy.