Not everything you're good at is what you're called to do.
Very often I realize that the time people spend apart is as important in maintaining relationships as the time they spend together.
It's not about the extent to which something happened or did not happen; it's whether we choose to confront evil and call it what it is, or simply let it pass because it 'wasn't enough of a big deal'.
When people say they're unemployed, bored, or have nothing to do, I sigh and think, "If only time were transferable.
Those who are acquainted with failure acquire the unique ability to dare without fear of it.
Indifference destroys vocation unlike any other intangible force, for the reason that it shakes the very core of our motivation for doing what we do.
There is a real danger when caring begins to lose its emotional dimension and becomes nothing but a verb.
Not all writers are silently suffering inside. But it certainly helps.
Be wary of smooth talkers. Words are rarely at your disposal if something is wholly, truly, completely true.
Much of what I learned about forgiveness I learned by inhabiting the lives of my characters. Even villains act with reasonable intent. Mercy is easier with understanding. Still, it helps that on paper...
Kindness is a language more often misunderstood than taken at face value.
You will do well not to write for money, not because you won't get rich doing it, but because writing fueled by that sort of motivation becomes dull and lifeless and mediocre.
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