The streams which would otherwise diverge to fertilize a thousand meadows must be directed into one deep narrow channel before they can turn a mill.
Anna Jameson
"You can go slow. Allow your dreams and goals to change, but live an intentional life."
Kumail Nanjiani
"...A row of tables manned by seated, serious women. Each woman looked like she could be someone's least-favourite aunt."
Adam Rex
Inspiration
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
Henry James
"What draws me in is that a trip is a leap in the dark. It's like a metaphor for life. You set off from home, and in the classic travel book, you go to an unknown place. You discover a different world, and you discover yourself."
Paul Theroux
"Open-source encyclopedias such as Wikipedia and search engines such as Google and Bing, which people can tap into anytime and anywhere via computers and smart phones, put a world of knowledge at our fingertips at a lower cost than ever before."
Naveen Jain
Inspiration
Let him into the mire and muck of our world. For only if we let him in can he pull us out.
Max Lucado
"I miss being in Barbados in December,That is a time I always remember,The smell of varnish on the wooden floors,And the smell of paint on the wooden doorsThe crowds in de Supermarket,Buying up the rum,And the music blastingPuh rup a pum pum."
Charmaine J Forde
"Humor is an attitude. It's a way of looking at life and of telling others how you feel about what's happening around you."
Gene Perret
Inspiration
Memo to extreme partisans: If you can't bring yourselves to love your enemies, can you at least learn to hate your friends?
Walter Kirn
Inspiration
Oh darling, don't be bitter. It's the first instinct of the weak.
Author
"The only way to live life is to live in the present. You can't put things off thinking you'll have time later. There may not be a later. - Katarina Kozlov."