AtomicQuote

Anne Fadiman Quote

Pen-bereavement is a serious matter.

Anne Fadiman

Pen-bereavement is a serious matter.

Tags: pen, pens, writers, writing

Related Quotes

Poetry is jealous of you tonight, for as soon as I come to pen a few words, your perfume attacks me in the most civilised manner and I forget myself. I forget the poem. I forget the ...

Kamand Kojouri

Poetry is jealous of you tonight, for as soon as I come to pen a few words, your perfume attacks me in the most civilised manner and I forget myself. I forget the poem. I forget the ...

Tags: attack, books, boyfriend, civilised, civilized, ecstasy, envious, envy, euphoria, euphoric

I was mistaken when I said you live in my heart. How absurd I was when you live in my fingertips so that everything I touch is you. How foolish I was when you live in my toes so that everywhere I go t...

Kamand Kojouri

I was mistaken when I said you live in my heart. How absurd I was when you live in my fingertips so that everything I touch is you. How foolish I was when you live in my toes so that everywhere I go t...

Tags: absurd, boyfriend, breathe, chest, drink, everything, everywhere, feel, fiancee, finance

When I read the ghastly lines of tragedy darkly penned into my life, I turn and notice that the pen in my hand is wet.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

When I read the ghastly lines of tragedy darkly penned into my life, I turn and notice that the pen in my hand is wet.

Tags: chronicle, create, created, dark, destructive, forboding, ghastly, hand, life, life story

The greatest book is one written by your pen, but not exactly from your mind.

Michael Bassey Johnson

The greatest book is one written by your pen, but not exactly from your mind.

Tags: advancement, aura, book, cosmic force, cosmic forces, enlightenment, expansion, extrasensory perception, inspirational, magical

I am going to build a fortress of books.Will you come inside and live with me?

Kamand Kojouri

I am going to build a fortress of books.Will you come inside and live with me?

Tags: author, books, build, castle, cute, cute poems, fortress, inside, kamand, kamand kojouri

I had zero idea of what I was doing.. I honestly had no idea where to start. All I knew was I had something I craved to say.. I wanted to create art that lived on longer than I do. Perseverance and te...

scott mcgoldrick

I had zero idea of what I was doing.. I honestly had no idea where to start. All I knew was I had something I craved to say.. I wanted to create art that lived on longer than I do. Perseverance and te...

Tags: amateur, artist, artistic, beauty, british, create, creative, gay musician, gay singer, hard work pays off

My pen beats faster as I write with my heart

Munia Khan

My pen beats faster as I write with my heart

Tags: beats, faster, happy, heart, heartbeat, pen, write, writer, writers life, writers

Best friend is like a pen and we're the paper. We'll not complete without their ink

Lucy 'Aisy

Best friend is like a pen and we're the paper. We'll not complete without their ink

Tags: best, bestfriends, fairytale, friend, friends, ink, me, my, paper, pen

Some writers aren't writers, they are mere escapees' and refugees' on an exile from the jungle of thoughts.

Michael Bassey Johnson

Some writers aren't writers, they are mere escapees' and refugees' on an exile from the jungle of thoughts.

Tags: alibi, creativity, escapade, escape, escapee, freelance, freelancer, great mind, intellect, michael bassey johnson

As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest it again. We have a second chance at biting into our experience and examining it. ...This...

Natalie Goldberg

As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest it again. We have a second chance at biting into our experience and examining it. ...This...

Tags: care, compassion, cow, detail, examination, experience, forever, life, live, living
About Anne Fadiman

Anne Fadiman (born August 7, 1953) is an American essayist and reporter. Her interests include literary journalism, essays, memoir, and autobiography. She has received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the Salon Book Award.