https://atomicquote.com/author/sam-harris/quote/faith-is-like-a-pockpocket-who-loans-a-person-his-own-money-on-generous-terms 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/julian-carron/quote/helping-each-other-to-have-a-true-gaze-on-reality-on-the-circumstances-we-are-living-in-is-the-first-gesture-of-friendship-we-can-offer-each-other-for-living-like-human-beings-in-the-presence 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/georgi-vladimov/quote/it-was-all-bad-very-bad-and-the-worst-of-it-was-not-that-they-had-ceased-waiting-but-that-they-had-ceased-to-have-faith 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jon-morrison/quote/the-claim-that-science-can-disprove-gods-existence-is-an-honest-ambition-but-it-is-a-statement-that-is-actually-impossible-to-back-up-this-is-because-the-task-of-proving-something-like-scienc 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jon-morrison/quote/when-you-take-the-time-to-look-at-the-real-relationship-between-faith-and-science-you-find-the-two-are-not-enemies-rather-they-are-friends-granted-they-are-friends-that-do-not-always-agree-on 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ludwig-feuerbach/quote/faith-does-not-limit-itself-by-the-idea-of-a-world-a-universe-a-necessity 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/russ-ramsey/quote/i-do-not-like-being-thwarted-but-shall-i-receive-good-from-the-god-and-not-also-trouble-the-voices-that-say-recover-so-you-can-get-back-to-normal-grossly-underestimate-the-gift-of-this-wrecke 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/enock-maregesi/quote/kilio-kikuu-cha-yesu-eloi-eloi-lama-sabakthani-yaani-mungu-wangu-mungu-wangu-mbona-umeniacha-na-imekwisha-vilitabiriwa-katika-zaburi-22-ili-watu-waliompinga-kristo-waamini-kama-yesu-alikuwa-m 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/missionaries-who-love-the-arab-world/quote/discipline-leads-us-to-desire-which-matures-into-delight 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andre-alexis/quote/he-was-a-committed-leader-capable-of-or-prone-to-instinctive-decisions-more-he-could-put-aside-thought-in-the-service-of-forceful-action-but-in-quiet-moments-his-sensitivity-sometimes-led-him 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ludwig-feuerbach/quote/faith-in-the-power-of-prayer-is-faith-in-miraculous-power-and-faith-in-miracles-is-the-essence-of-faith-in-general-faith-is-nothing-else-than-confidence-in-the-reality-of-the-subjective-in-op 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/farah-oomerbhoy/quote/faith-is-the-greatest-magic-of-all 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/farah-oomerbhoy/quote/get-up-faith-is-the-greatest-magic-of-all-it-can-lift-the-world-out-of-the-darkness-and-bring-it-into-the-light-be-the-star-of-the-morning-the-light-that-fills-the-world-with-magic-be-the-lig 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/james-hannaham/quote/a-story-might-help-you-get-through-your-life-he-said-but-it-doesnt-literally-keep-you-alive-if-anything-most-often-people-who-have-power-turn-their-story-into-a-brick-wall-keeping-out-somebod 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marie-lu/quote/we-are-the-children-of-gods-and-angels 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sharon-salzberg/quote/when-we-can-step-back-even-briefly-from-our-hurt-sorrow-and-anger-when-we-put-our-faith-in-the-possibility-of-change-we-create-the-possibility-for-non-judgmental-inquiry-that-aims-for-healing 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/robert-harris/quote/jericho-lowered-himself-carefully-to-his-knees-he-covered-his-eyes-and-moved-his-lips-like-all-the-others-but-he-had-no-faith-in-any-of-it-faith-in-mathematics-yes-faith-in-logic-of-course-fa 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/the-argument-against-faith-is-all-based-upon-the-rigorous-analysis-of-the-scriptures-and-not-upon-the-objective-observation-of-the-actual-individual-sensation-of-faith-historical-experiences- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anne-graham-lotz/quote/sometimes-when-i-open-my-bible-to-read-a-verse-leaps-off-the-page-and-i-know-god-is-speaking-to-me-sometimes-i-read-and-nothing-seems-to-be-illuminated-sometimes-i-pray-and-have-the-keen-sens 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/catherine-jane-fisher/quote/please-god-when-i-open-my-eyes-make-this-nightmare-disappear 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/bethany-pierce/quote/the-sun-was-up-the-neighborhood-waking-i-wiped-my-face-clean-with-the-back-of-my-sleeve-the-warming-air-soft-on-my-wet-cheeks-a-prayer-welled-up-within-me-a-new-kind-of-prayer-i-was-done-begg 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lacey-sturm/quote/arise-and-be-all-that-you-dreamed 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomas-a-kempis/quote/the-highest-does-not-stand-without-the-lowest 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/visakha-dasi/quote/i-saw-that-although-they-were-at-the-mercy-of-the-sweltering-heat-or-the-pains-of-aging-or-poverty-they-could-tolerate-these-because-their-faith-gave-them-the-hope-of-being-united-in-spirit-w 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tim-tebow/quote/but-the-more-you-make-the-choice-to-live-above-your-feelings-to-trust-god-instead-of-what-you-may-feel-like-doing-the-stronger-your-faith-becomes-its-not-about-being-perfect-we-will-always-be 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ada-calhoun/quote/all-the-couples-therapy-and-communication-seminars-in-the-world-wont-save-you-if-you-arent-prepared-to-close-your-eyes-and-hug-the-mainmast-through-a-storm 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/israelmore-ayivor/quote/having-faith-does-not-mean-you-should-be-idle-and-expecting-manna-to-fall-from-above-you-must-get-up-and-do-something 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/israelmore-ayivor/quote/god-promised-to-bless-the-works-of-our-hands-if-you-do-not-work-what-is-god-going-to-bless-you-for 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/quote/its-not-a-lack-of-opportunity-around-me-rather-its-a-lack-of-faith-within-me 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kate-mcgahan/quote/we-need-to-go-first-because-we-cannot-live-without-your-love-and-care-if-we-lived-longer-than-you-we-would-not-and-could-not-survive-its-supposed-to-be-this-way-we-also-need-to-cross-the-rain 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/garon-whited/quote/show-a-little-faith-in-someone-when-they-need-it-its-amazing-how-it-comes-back-around-to-you 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/eric-van-lustbader/quote/logic-stems-from-the-mind-of-man-therefore-its-limited-its-flawed-faith-gives-you-hope-keeps-you-from-despair-faith-is-what-picks-you-up-and-ensures-you-keep-going-logic-keeps-you-lying-faced 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/eric-van-lustbader/quote/if-you-insist-on-reducing-it-to-its-basic-elements-its-the-sure-and-simple-knowledge-that-theres-something-more-out-there-something-greater-than-yourself-than-mankind-a-grand-plan-a-design-th 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/susan-howatch/quote/youve-asked-enough-questions-about-evil-but-you-never-asked-once-about-loveso-i-asked-him-to-tell-me-about-it-but-of-course-his-definition-lay-beyond-words-he-just-went-on-sitting-with-me-in- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/annoymous/quote/let-us-not-grow-tired-of-doing-good-for-in-due-time-we-shall-reap-our-harvest-if-we-do-not-give-up-from-the-bible-galatians69 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anita-b-sulser-phd/quote/for-as-long-as-we-are-led-by-belief-we-can-never-know-anything-for-certain-it-is-not-enough-to-believe-or-to-have-faith-we-must-know-beyond-all-doubt-for-that-we-have-no-other-option-but-to-s 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/russ-ramsey/quote/to-walk-in-faith-is-to-confess-that-we-do-not-know-what-awaits-us-and-the-faith-i-have-embraced-does-not-promise-an-easy-road 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/oswald-chambers/quote/god-loved-me-not-because-i-was-lovable-but-because-it-was-his-nature-to-do-so 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/mother-nature-created-god-as-a-neurological-anti-depressant-sentiment-but-man-tore-that-god-apart-into-pieces-and-made-citadels-of-differentiation-out-of-them 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/renae-a-sauter/quote/your-connection-to-yourself-is-also-your-connection-to-the-divine-the-more-you-are-connected-to-yourself-the-more-you-are-connected-to-the-divine-they-are-one-and-the-same 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/renae-a-sauter/quote/sometimes-all-thats-left-is-faith 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andrew-murray/quote/the-giver-is-more-than-the-gift-god-is-more-than-the-blessing-and-our-being-kept-waiting-on-him-is-the-only-way-for-our-learning-to-find-our-life-and-joy-in-himself-oh-if-gods-children-only-k 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carlos-wallace/quote/i-understand-finally-that-god-does-not-react-to-prayers-or-petitions-he-has-acted-it-is-already-done 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/the-most-sensitive-period-of-their-developmental-age-when-the-kids-are-supposed-to-be-taught-to-question-everything-and-nourish-their-reasoning-skills-they-are-taught-that-god-created-the-wor 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/seth-adam-smith/quote/willpower-though-important-in-its-own-way-is-never-enough-in-order-for-you-to-be-truly-powerful-you-must-open-up-and-trust-in-something-beyond-yourself-something-you-cannot-prove-for-certain 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/seth-adam-smith/quote/have-faith-in-the-light-you-carry 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/seth-adam-smith/quote/faith-is-believing-in-something-you-cannot-prove-for-certain 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/seth-adam-smith/quote/always-go-as-far-as-you-can-see-then-let-faith-take-you-the-rest-of-the-way 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-calvin/quote/it-is-now-clear-that-faith-is-a-singular-pledge-of-paternal-love-treasured-up-for-the-sons-whom-he-has-adopted 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mirabai/quote/the-heat-of-midnight-tears-will-bring-you-to-god 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/karla-perry/quote/the-faith-spoken-of-in-the-bible-is-not-a-matter-of-intellectual-belief-but-a-matter-of-connecting-experientially-and-substantively-with-the-person-of-truth-jesus 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/claudia-gray/quote/the-opposite-of-faith-isnt-doubt-the-opposite-of-faith-is-certainty 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephanie-morrill/quote/to-love-anyone-is-to-risk 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/soren-kierkegaard/quote/you-are-a-hater-of-activity-in-life-quite-right-for-before-there-can-be-any-meaning-in-activity-life-must-have-continuity-and-this-your-life-lacks-you-occupy-yourself-with-your-studies-that-i 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/suzy-kassem/quote/someone-once-said-to-me-there-are-so-many-religions-in-the-world-they-cant-all-be-right-and-my-reply-was-well-they-cant-all-be-wrong-either-all-religions-in-the-world-today-share-more-commona 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carlos-wallace/quote/why-trade-definite-for-a-maybe 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/robin-jones-gunn/quote/part-of-her-had-hoped-he-would-say-something-like-i-want-you-katie-you-belong-to-me-now-ill-take-care-of-you-he-didnt-say-that-but-his-answer-was-the-best-one-really-you-belong-to-christ-kati 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carlos-wallace/quote/words-and-faith-will-only-take-you-as-far-as-your-actions-allow 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rj-larson/quote/infinite-am-i-forgetting-anyone-your-creator-kien-almost-smiled-true-all-things-considered-hed-been-blessed-far-more-than-he-deserved-what-then-should-i-write-to-you-my-creator-he-hardly-expe 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-brent-jones/quote/it-is-not-you-that-is-flawed-or-broken-it-is-the-space-in-your-heart-yet-to-be-filled-that-has-been-given-to-guilt-that-takes-away-the-strength-you-needed-to-overcome-the-trials-ahead-of-you- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/in-a-society-of-thinking-humanity-it-should-always-be-humans-first-and-then-gods-krishna-or-otherwise 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-brent-jones/quote/in-the-body-there-are-two-creatures-and-they-are-both-in-enmity-with-each-other-for-one-to-do-anything-the-other-has-to-be-subjected-to-it-one-has-a-mind-and-the-other-only-has-an-appetite-th 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-brent-jones/quote/we-are-the-masters-of-our-own-destinies-and-only-we-can-allow-our-hearts-to-be-filled-and-enable-our-souls-to-be-happy-no-amount-of-power-or-mercy-can-change-a-heart-from-empty-to-whole-or-ch 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-a-cooper/quote/his-faith-was-like-the-radar-of-a-bat-it-took-him-through-the-darkness-that-surrounded-him-it-would-guide-him-through-everything-that-evil-would-throw-at-him-when-his-body-gave-up-gods-powers 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-a-cooper/quote/lucas-couldnt-have-imagined-that-he-would-have-ever-felt-so-alone-no-family-no-friends-even-his-own-village-had-turned-against-him-he-peered-into-the-icy-water-it-looked-like-it-was-about-to- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/faith-in-god-is-optional-but-faith-in-the-self-in-the-spirit-within-is-imperative 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-r-french/quote/faith-is-the-ability-to-endure 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/james-castleton/quote/the-journey-to-faith-is-the-most-marvelous-and-sobering-of-all-journeys-for-the-transformation-of-ones-heart-transforms-the-questions-one-asks-the-values-one-holds-the-world-one-perceives-and 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/james-castleton/quote/faith-is-about-what-we-know-not-what-we-feel-yet-what-we-know-will-influence-and-direct-what-we-feel-a-strong-knowledge-of-god-will-yield-feelings-of-confidence-in-him 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/faith-in-god-is-optional-but-faith-in-the-self-in-the-spirit-within-is-imperative-have-faith-in-yourself-have-faith-in-the-human-first-then-god-if-you-want 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/have-faith-in-yourself-have-faith-in-the-human-first-then-god-if-you-want 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/a-being-with-no-faith-in-the-human-self-is-a-being-with-no-spirit-of-life-regardless-of-how-many-fathers-or-holy-spirits-or-sons-it-believes-in 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jinat-rehana-begum/quote/anger-is-essential-if-one-is-to-survive-this-world-its-not-just-a-degenerate-emotion-that-destroys-everything-in-its-path-if-it-were-so-completely-destructive-why-would-people-of-every-religi 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ikechukwu-izuakor/quote/live-like-jesus-pray-like-jesus-love-like-jesus-serve-like-jesus-but-dont-hand-yourself-over-to-the-enemy-like-him 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ikechukwu-izuakor/quote/be-wise-enough-to-forgive-but-dont-be-foolish-enough-to-trust-again 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lev-grossman/quote/i-guess-were-supposed-to-have-faithi-never-really-took-you-for-the-faith-having-kind-quentin-saidi-didnt-either-but-its-worked-out-so-far-weve-got-five-of-the-seven-keys-you-cant-argue-with-r 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/martyn-stanley/quote/the-truth-is-i-dont-know-what-happens-to-the-spirits-of-the-dead-when-they-leave-this-world-priests-may-claim-to-even-truthseeker-may-claim-to-however-nobody-truly-knows-all-truthseeker-truly 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jerry-falwell/quote/the-bible-is-a-love-story-time-and-time-again-it-illustrates-how-much-god-loves-the-world-in-spite-of-its-sinful-disobediencethe-last-book-of-the-bible-the-revelation-of-st-john-the-divine-cr 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/julie-r-schelling/quote/the-key-to-liberation-resides-within-our-very-own-hands-and-heart 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lisa-kleypas/quote/el-infierno-es-saber-que-tenias-tan-poca-fe-en-mi-amor-que-estabas-dispuesta-a-condenarme-a-la-agonia-de-por-vida 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mike-pilavachi/quote/numbers-12-6-8when-there-is-a-prophet-among-you-i-the-lord-reveal-myself-to-them-in-visions-i-speak-to-them-in-dreams-but-this-is-not-true-of-my-servant-moses-he-is-faithful-in-all-my-house-w 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/brian-d-mclaren/quote/we-must-understand-the-essence-of-our-faith-to-be-something-other-than-a-list-of-opinions-propositions-or-statements-that-our-group-holds-but-cannot-prove-p-22 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/daisy-hernandez/quote/forgiveness-and-faith-are-like-writing-a-story-they-take-time-effort-revisions 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/richard-w-kelly/quote/it-was-a-small-church-no-large-cathedral-towers-overshadowed-the-purpose-of-the-house-of-worship-it-was-a-monument-to-faith-rather-than-a-monument-to-mans-triumph-over-nature 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alex-george/quote/the-answer-to-most-prayers-is-no 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anurag-shourie/quote/dharma-is-not-about-believing-in-god-its-about-making-the-right-choices-doing-the-right-things-and-leading-the-right-life 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/min-jin-lee/quote/yes-of-course-if-you-love-anyone-you-cannot-help-but-share-his-suffering-if-we-love-our-lord-not-just-admire-him-or-fear-him-or-want-things-from-him-we-must-recognize-his-feelings-he-must-be- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/india-was-and-to-some-extent-still-is-a-nation-where-its-citizens-care-more-about-their-religious-freedom-than-any-other-earthly-possession-give-them-food-or-not-it-doesnt-matter-to-them-as-l 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/without-the-mind-there-is-no-god-without-you-there-is-no-god 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sarah-strohmeyer/quote/god-always-sends-an-angelto-soften-the-sting-of-the-devil 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sunday-adelaja/quote/if-you-dont-have-the-faith-in-principles-and-you-dont-believe-in-the-absolutism-of-the-truth-then-you-wont-be-able-achieve-anything-in-life 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/forget-the-bible-the-quran-the-vedas-the-granth-sahib-and-all-the-scriptures-in-the-world-none-of-them-will-show-you-the-great-eternal-truth-none-of-them-will-show-you-the-kingdom-of-god-for- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/your-mind-is-not-merely-the-vehicle-of-god-rather-it-is-the-life-force-that-keeps-god-alive-without-the-mind-there-is-no-god-without-you-there-is-no-god 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hallie-lord/quote/we-are-all-constantly-being-refined-by-fire-and-smoothed-over-by-grace 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/in-india-it-is-religion-that-forms-the-very-core-of-the-national-heart-it-is-the-backbone-the-bed-rock-the-foundation-upon-which-the-national-edifice-has-been-built 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/the-traditional-indian-mind-has-been-for-centuries-and-still-is-first-religious-and-then-everything-else 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/harvey-peter-sucksmith/quote/if-asked-do-you-believe-in-ghosts-or-the-supernatural-i-can-only-answer-somewhat-as-follows-i-do-believe-in-another-world-which-penetrates-this-and-that-as-milton-so-aptly-puts-it-millions-of 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hallie-lord/quote/i-think-one-of-the-things-that-has-always-stopped-me-from-truly-leaning-into-my-fears-is-that-im-not-always-sure-whether-my-dreams-line-up-well-with-gods-plan-for-my-life-i-might-be-willing-t 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/khaled-hosseini/quote/though-there-had-been-moments-of-beauty-in-it-mariam-knew-that-life-for-the-most-part-had-been-unkind-to-her-but-as-she-walked-the-final-twenty-paces-she-could-not-help-but-wish-for-more-of-i 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/quote/i-must-not-imagine-what-is-not-as-a-means-of-escaping-what-is-rather-i-must-understand-what-is-and-imagine-how-i-can-make-it-what-it-is-not 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/seth-adam-smith/quote/and-so-i-tell-you-restless-one-that-no-matter-what-happens-when-things-get-dark-look-to-the-light-and-keep-moving-forward-in-faith 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ricky-gervais/quote/science-is-constantly-proved-all-the-time-you-see-if-we-take-something-like-any-fiction-any-holy-book-and-destroyed-it-in-a-thousand-years-time-that-wouldnt-come-back-just-as-it-was-whereas-i 2026-10-23T11:50:21+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/howard-pyle/quote/so-endeth-the-story-of-the-winning-of-excalibur-and-may-god-give-unto-you-in-your-life-that-you-may-have-his-truth-to-aid-you-like-a-shining-sword-for-to-overcome-your-enemies-and-may-he-give 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/if-i-had-been-born-in-the-medieval-times-my-subjective-union-with-god-and-the-universe-would-have-evoked-the-rise-of-another-gnostic-religion-but-by-the-grace-of-mother-nature-i-am-born-in-an 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/it-is-in-the-nature-of-the-human-mind-to-give-in-and-hold-on-to-the-source-of-solace-with-all-the-might-it-can-muster-life-is-hard-and-any-figure-that-tends-to-ease-the-subjective-perception- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sunday-adelaja/quote/faith-without-any-actions-in-accordance-with-gods-will-is-a-dead-faith 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jeb-spredemann/quote/when-you-believe-the-truth-theres-an-incredible-freedom-youre-free-to-live-without-fear 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sunday-adelaja/quote/sometimes-we-dont-have-enough-faith-to-do-big-things-it-is-immature-faith 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sunday-adelaja/quote/it-is-time-to-get-strengthened-in-faith-and-know-that-the-blessings-of-god-are-stronger-than-the-devils-attack 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/god-lives-in-and-through-the-human-mind-and-not-in-any-church-synagogue-temple-or-mosque 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/iain-h-murray/quote/wherever-there-is-faith-without-regeneration-it-has-to-be-that-the-uncured-enmity-of-the-natural-man-to-spiritual-things-remains 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aaron-dembski-bowden/quote/you-came-to-me-asking-how-my-faith-survived-the-day-of-judgement-i-will-tell-you-a-secret-when-the-stars-fell-when-the-seas-boiled-and-the-earth-burned-my-faith-didnt-die-that-is-when-i-began 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/quote/who-stands-fast-only-the-man-whose-final-standard-is-not-his-reason-his-principles-his-conscience-his-freedom-or-his-virtue-but-who-is-ready-to-sacrifice-all-this-when-he-is-called-to-obedien 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ana-tejano/quote/the-grace-is-not-about-forgetting-but-knowing-you-can-start-anew 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aa-frias/quote/it-is-difficult-to-have-faith-when-our-hearts-are-consumed-by-fear-but-it-is-when-we-are-afraid-that-we-need-to-hang-onto-our-faith-the-most 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dada-bhagwan/quote/there-is-everything-in-this-world-but-check-and-see-what-is-allotted-to-you-if-you-are-truthful-you-will-get-everything-people-say-that-god-helps-those-who-are-truthful-no-its-not-like-that-a 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marshall-thornton/quote/im-not-as-catholic-as-i-used-to-be-i-find-that-i-cant-believe-in-a-god-who-would-punish-anyone-for-the-way-he-made-them-a-god-who-punishes-is-something-mankind-created-as-a-way-to-hurt-and-co 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dexter-palmer/quote/but-i-cannot-accept-a-vision-of-you-as-an-engineer-who-spends-his-days-maintaining-the-machine-of-morality-i-cannot-take-the-idea-of-you-as-an-optimizer-introducing-evil-into-human-affairs-in 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/the-term-musalman-refers-to-someone-with-musallam-iman-that-means-a-pure-conscience-thus-any-individual-whose-conscience-is-pure-and-clear-who-can-think-for-himself-or-herself-is-a-musalman-o 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/a-person-may-hold-his-own-beliefs-and-creeds-to-be-dearest-and-nourish-them-with-all-his-might-but-the-moment-he-starts-preaching-the-exclusive-greatness-and-dominance-over-all-other-systems- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/the-one-ultimate-rule-of-the-quranic-fundamentalists-is-there-is-one-god-and-mohammed-is-his-prophet-everything-beyond-that-not-only-is-bad-but-must-be-destroyed-forthwith-at-moments-notice-e 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/why-should-a-religion-claim-that-it-is-not-bound-to-abide-by-the-standpoint-of-reason-if-one-does-not-take-the-standard-of-reason-there-cannot-be-any-true-judgment-even-in-the-case-of-religio 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/fundamentalism-not-only-fuels-devastating-acts-of-violence-but-also-all-kinds-of-primitive-prejudicial-behaviors-such-as-misogyny-polygamy-homophobia-and-islamophobia 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sheila-walsh/quote/sometimes-we-simply-dont-want-to-face-the-truth-about-ourselves-the-myth-reads-so-much-better-sometimes-we-do-not-seek-help-because-it-will-mean-we-have-to-change-and-change-is-painful-and-un 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sheila-walsh/quote/i-now-think-it-takes-more-faith-to-name-our-need-than-to-keep-believing-that-something-will-happen-and-not-doing-anything-about-it-it-takes-faith-and-great-courage-to-get-help-to-take-the-fir 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-chrobak/quote/i-still-dont-know-where-the-river-begins-or-where-it-ends-i-dont-know-where-it-comes-from-or-where-it-goes-i-dont-know-what-it-looked-like-yesterday-or-what-it-will-look-like-tomorrowfather-d 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alice-broadway/quote/for-the-first-time-in-my-life-im-doubting-my-faith-and-it-terrifies-mefor-the-first-time-i-want-to-change-the-rules-for-the-first-time-i-wonder-does-it-matter-what-it-says-on-your-skin-when-w 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/quote/you-must-let-other-people-to-challenge-your-truths-you-must-let-them-to-question-your-faith-and-the-reason-for-this-is-very-simple-your-truths-might-be-very-wrong-your-faith-might-be-very-mis 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-batterson/quote/throwing-down-your-staff-is-letting-go-and-letting-god-and-thats-counterintuitive-for-those-of-us-who-are-control-freaks-as-our-executive-pastor-joel-schmidgall-likes-to-say-you-can-have-fait 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/adolf-hitler/quote/it-is-more-difficult-to-undermine-faith-than-knowledge-love-succumbs-to-change-less-than-to-respect-hatred-is-more-durable-than-aversion-and-at-all-times-the-driving-force-of-the-most-importa 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jarrid-wilson/quote/when-it-comes-to-loving-people-lets-not-allow-it-to-be-something-we-do-on-the-side-lets-make-it-a-lifestyle-whether-we-are-at-the-gas-station-picking-up-groceries-even-waiting-to-get-our-car- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-batterson/quote/if-you-let-fear-dictate-your-decisions-you-will-live-defensively-reactively-cautiously-living-by-faith-is-playing-offense-with-your-life 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-batterson/quote/we-all-want-to-spend-eternity-with-god-we-just-dont-want-to-spend-time-with-him-we-stand-and-stare-from-a-distance-satisfied-with-superficiality-we-facebook-more-than-we-seek-his-face-we-text 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sondra-kraak/quote/answering-the-call-of-god-is-not-something-we-do-after-details-have-been-laid-out-nor-is-it-something-we-do-because-others-want-us-to-do-it-its-something-we-do-because-we-know-its-right-becau 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-batterson/quote/god-will-never-tempt-you-its-not-in-his-nature-in-fact-he-promises-to-provide-an-escape-route-for-every-tempting-situation-but-i-can-promise-you-this-god-will-test-your-faith-and-those-tests- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mufti-ismail-menk/quote/so-youve-been-having-a-tough-time-you-dont-know-how-long-more-you-can-hold-on-remember-bad-days-dont-last-forever-keep-patience-alive 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/farshad-asl/quote/generous-leaders-have-faith-in-others-to-succeed-in-turn-they-receive-tenfold-loyalty-commitment-and-a-positive-outcome 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marcia-furrow/quote/a-faith-that-is-not-tested-is-never-proved-trustworthy 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kristi-ann-hunter/quote/by-morning-adelaide-was-beginning-to-understand-why-shed-never-completely-understood-how-god-worked-given-that-he-had-made-the-bewildering-maddening-incomprehensible-species-that-was-man-from 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sondra-kraak/quote/lifes-not-a-preformance-remember-that-youve-got-nothing-to-prove-life-as-a-performance-focused-on-her-and-the-ways-she-didnt-measure-up-life-as-a-gift-focused-on-the-giver 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/joanna-brooks/quote/no-one-says-when-my-family-treated-me-as-a-stranger-i-preferred-the-company-of-strangers-and-i-walked-among-strangers-and-what-did-i-find-but-god-in-every-one-of-their-faces 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/joanna-brooks/quote/no-one-says-i-broke-rules-i-broke-rules-i-broke-rules-i-broke-all-the-rules-that-one-and-that-one-and-that-one-too-yes-i-did 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-batterson/quote/there-are-spiritual-gifts-like-mercy-faith-or-generosity-that-enable-people-to-set-the-standard-so-to-speak-but-just-because-you-dont-have-that-spiritual-gift-doesnt-mean-you-arent-held-to-an 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-batterson/quote/i-dont-know-about-you-but-i-want-god-to-reveal-the-second-step-before-i-take-the-first-step-of-faith-but-ive-discovered-that-if-i-dont-take-the-first-step-god-generally-wont-reveal-the-next-s 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-batterson/quote/we-want-a-money-back-guarantee-before-we-take-a-step-of-obedience-but-that-eliminates-faith-from-the-equation-sometimes-we-need-to-take-a-flying-leap-of-faithwe-need-to-step-into-the-conflict 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-batterson/quote/faith-is-acting-as-if-god-has-already-answered-and-acting-as-if-god-has-answered-means-acting-on-our-prayers 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/soren-kierkegaard/quote/it-takes-a-purely-human-courage-to-renounce-the-whole-temporal-realm-in-order-to-gain-eternity-but-this-i-do-gain-and-in-all-eternity-can-never-renounce-it-is-a-self-contradiction-but-it-take 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/saul-bellow/quote/he-was-looking-for-the-knight-of-faith-the-real-prodigy-that-real-prodigy-having-set-its-relations-with-the-infinite-was-entirely-at-home-in-the-finite-able-to-carry-the-jewel-of-faith-making 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rachel-held-evans/quote/scripture-doesnt-speak-of-people-who-found-god-scripture-speaks-of-people-who-walked-with-god 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cs-lewis/quote/in-fighting-those-who-serve-devils-one-always-his-this-on-ones-side-their-masters-hate-them-as-much-as-they-hate-us-the-moment-we-disable-the-human-pawns-enough-to-make-them-useless-to-hell-t 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/help-us-to-be-true-lord-help-us-to-stand 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rachel-held-evans/quote/faith-is-something-you-take-a-day-at-a-time-not-something-you-figured-out-at-the-start 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rachel-held-evans/quote/church-isnt-about-you-its-about-worshipping-jesus-instead-of-being-consumers-lets-go-to-church-and-ask-what-we-can-give-jesus-because-of-all-he-has-given-us 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rachel-held-evans/quote/there-is-not-a-corner-of-this-world-that-god-has-abandoned 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sam-owen/quote/utter-frustration-often-precedes-the-breakthrough-so-stick-with-it-and-have-faith-in-your-journey 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/amy-harmon/quote/people-liked-religion-but-they-didnt-want-to-have-to-excercise-any-faith-religion-was-comforting-with-all-its-structure-and-its-rules-it-made-people-feel-safe-but-faith-wasnt-safe-faith-was-h 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/craig-groeschel/quote/if-you-allow-your-enemy-to-steal-your-faith-he-can-destroy-your-life-and-ultimately-kill-your-relationship-with-god 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cs-lewis/quote/if-i-being-what-i-am-can-consider-that-i-am-in-some-sense-a-christian-why-should-the-different-vices-of-those-people-in-the-next-pew-prove-that-their-religion-is-mere-hypocrisy-and-convention 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marilynne-robinson/quote/adulthood-is-a-wonderful-thing-and-brief-you-must-be-sure-to-enjoy-it-while-it-lasts-i-believe-the-soul-in-paradise-must-enjoy-something-nearer-to-a-perpetual-vigorous-adulthood-than-to-any-o 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/gabriella-marigold-lindsay/quote/give-god-quality-time-quality-love-and-quality-prayer-and-h-will-be-pleased-with-your-faithfulness-and-cover-you-with-his-grace 2026-10-23T17:24:11+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/oswald-chambers/quote/as-the-body-without-the-spirit-is-dead-so-faith-without-deeds-is-dead 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hl-wegley/quote/during-hard-times-such-as-serious-illness-if-you-had-to-choose-which-would-you-pick-healing-or-knowing-god-is-with-you-if-youre-a-christian-maybe-youll-get-both-but-knowing-that-just-as-he-sa 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kate-mcgahan/quote/there-is-a-period-of-one-to-two-earth-years-that-humans-are-to-refrain-from-making-big-decisions-its-because-you-dont-always-make-the-best-decisions-when-you-are-grieving-those-who-make-decis 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kate-mcgahan/quote/she-made-me-her-everything-she-didnt-realize-then-that-when-you-make-someone-your-everything-when-they-are-gone-you-have-nothing-left-i-have-since-learned-that-our-master-sends-us-soul-mates- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marilynne-robinson/quote/the-parents-of-these-young-soldiers-would-come-to-me-and-ask-how-the-lord-could-allow-such-a-thing-i-felt-like-asking-them-what-the-lord-would-have-to-do-to-tell-us-he-didnt-allow-something-b 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hudson-taylor/quote/a-few-nights-after-his-conversion-he-asked-how-long-this-gospel-had-been-known-in-england-he-was-told-that-we-had-known-it-for-some-hundreds-of-yearswhat-said-he-amazed-is-it-possible-that-fo 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jean-cj-delbee/quote/how-can-we-not-ask-at-every-turn-what-is-going-to-happen-how-will-this-turn-out-the-main-thing-is-not-to-consent-consciously-to-anxiety-or-a-troubled-mind-the-moment-you-realize-you-are-worry 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/william-paul-young/quote/faith-does-not-grow-in-a-house-of-certainty 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/colleen-carroll-campbell/quote/how-liberating-it-must-be-to-stop-evading-questioning-or-complaining-about-your-trials-and-start-embracing-them-as-opportunities-to-draw-closer-to-god-to-realize-that-even-if-jesus-is-all-you 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/steven-erikson/quote/from-faith-replied-emral-lanear-do-we-not-seek-guidance-guidance-or-the-organized-assembly-and-reification-of-all-the-prejudices-you-collectively-hold-dear-you-would-not-speak-to-us-i-grew-to 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nicolas-gomez-davila/quote/in-the-intelligent-man-faith-is-the-only-remedy-for-anguishthe-fool-is-cured-by-reason-progress-alcohol-work 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/johannes-de-silentio/quote/should-one-of-them-after-having-caught-the-greatness-of-abrahams-deed-but-also-the-appallingness-of-it-venture-out-on-the-road-i-would-saddle-my-horse-and-ride-along-with-him-at-every-stop-be 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/johannes-de-silentio/quote/i-am-convinced-that-god-is-love-this-thought-has-for-me-a-pristine-lyrical-validity-when-it-is-present-to-me-i-am-unspeakably-happy-when-it-is-absent-i-yearn-for-it-more-intensely-than-the-lo 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/johannes-de-silentio/quote/abraham-i-cannot-understand-in-a-way-all-i-can-learn-from-him-is-to-be-amazed-if-one-imagines-one-can-be-moved-to-faith-by-considering-the-outcome-of-this-story-one-deceives-oneself-and-is-ou 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cs-lewis/quote/i-believe-this-not-in-the-sense-that-it-is-part-of-my-creed-but-in-the-sense-that-it-is-one-of-my-opinions-my-religion-would-not-be-in-ruins-if-this-opinion-were-shown-to-be-false 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/chris-burkmenn/quote/fear-should-stop-you-for-a-moment-so-you-can-determine-whether-youre-willing-to-sacrifice-something-to-get-you-want 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jean-cj-delbee/quote/then-keep-your-confidence-in-the-infinite-mercy-of-the-savior-say-like-one-mother-i-know-who-was-distressed-by-the-conduct-of-her-children-jesus-you-love-them-too-much-not-to-save-them-thank- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/flannery-oconnor/quote/we-live-in-an-unbelieving-age-but-one-which-is-markedly-and-lopsidedly-spiritual-there-is-one-type-of-modern-man-who-recognizes-spirit-in-himself-but-who-fails-to-recognize-a-being-outside-hi 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/f-willis-johnson/quote/where-there-are-people-there-is-injustice-and-that-is-not-gods-design-it-may-not-be-our-fault-but-it-is-our-fight-let-us-do-our-part-by-holding-up-our-corners 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/william-peter-blatty/quote/and-there-lies-the-heart-of-it-perhaps-in-unworthiness-for-i-think-belief-in-god-is-not-a-matter-of-reason-at-all-i-think-it-finally-is-a-matter-of-love-of-accepting-the-possibility-that-god- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cs-lewis/quote/and-taking-your-life-as-a-whole-with-all-your-innumerable-choices-all-your-life-long-you-are-slowly-turning-this-central-thing-either-into-a-heavenly-creature-or-a-hellish-creature-either-int 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cs-lewis/quote/being-in-love-first-moved-them-to-promise-fidelity-this-quieter-love-enables-them-to-keep-the-promise-it-is-on-this-love-that-the-engine-of-the-marriage-is-run-being-in-love-was-the-explosion 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/criss-jami/quote/if-life-is-music-i-sometimes-feel-as-though-i-was-born-on-the-off-beat-of-the-song-and-i-love-it-as-christian-numbers-reportedly-decrease-in-america-my-love-for-christ-feels-as-though-it-incr 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lecrae-moore/quote/success-is-not-what-ive-done-compared-with-what-others-have-done-success-is-what-ive-done-compared-with-what-god-has-called-me-to-do 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/chip-joanna-gaines/quote/go-and-find-what-it-is-that-inspires-you-go-and-find-what-it-is-that-you-love-and-go-do-that-until-it-hurts-dont-quit-and-dont-give-up-the-reward-is-just-around-the-corner-and-in-times-of-dou 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andrew-wommack/quote/faith-works-by-the-knowledge-of-the-word 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mercy-cortez/quote/people-make-promises-that-they-have-every-intention-of-keeping-at-the-time-but-when-it-comes-to-cashing-in-suddenly-the-promise-loses-all-value 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/daisaku-ikeda/quote/lack-of-wisdom-does-not-make-a-fool-a-fool-in-the-truest-sense-is-the-man-who-regards-his-own-misfortunes-or-those-of-others-as-a-source-of-doubt-or-criticism-of-the-infinite-mercy-of-the-goh 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alexandre-dumas/quote/it-is-necessary-to-yield-to-the-storm-purchase-a-peace-and-wait-patiently-for-better-times 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-chrobak/quote/she-shared-how-she-had-fi-nally-found-god-not-in-the-back-of-a-church-with-hands-held-in-prayer-but-in-the-back-of-a-police-car-with-hands-held-in-cuffs 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-chrobak/quote/the-deeper-the-feelings-of-unworthiness-dug-into-his-heart-the-darker-the-room-became-it-spread-from-the-outside-in-growing-darker-and-moreominous-with-each-new-thought-he-feared-it-would-swa 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-chrobak/quote/as-he-walked-he-felt-the-darkness-behind-him-following-him-he-swore-he-heard-it-whisper-run 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ernest-agyemang-yeboah/quote/religion-means-life-religion-means-true-service-in-love-to-man-and-god-religion-means-what-ought-to-be-understood-within-the-confines-of-the-laws-of-god-religion-means-discipline-religion-mea 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aaron-lauritsen/quote/have-faith-because-life-changes-fast-ive-learned-that-much 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/simone-de-beauvoir/quote/one-night-i-summoned-god-if-he-really-existed-to-show-himself-to-me-he-didnt-and-i-never-addressed-another-word-to-him-in-my-heart-of-hearts-i-was-very-glad-he-didnt-exist-i-should-have-hated 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/walter-cronkite/quote/i-felt-that-i-had-been-driven-from-the-temple-where-for-nineteen-years-along-with-other-believers-i-had-worshiped-the-great-god-news-on-a-daily-basis 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/quote/maybe-the-truth-of-it-all-is-that-were-just-too-fearful-to-give-our-faith-enough-running-room-to-realize-that-this-precariously-thin-path-that-led-us-to-the-end-of-this-life-is-dwarfed-to-obs 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sesan-kareem/quote/you-can-run-from-tokyo-to-toronto-from-cairo-to-bamako-and-end-your-sojourn-in-okokomaiko-in-order-to-proffer-solutions-to-your-lifes-challenges-but-this-will-not-guarantee-you-victory-you-ca 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sesan-kareem/quote/god-wants-you-to-bring-glory-to-his-name-he-desires-you-to-challenge-others-with-your-story-becoming-glory-he-aspires-to-use-your-exemplary-life-as-a-model-to-todays-and-tomorrows-generations 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ernest-agyemang-yeboah/quote/a-great-woe-underpinning-the-sorrows-of-the-world-today-is-this-so-many-people-think-they-are-far-better-than-others-and-they-are-too-righteous-than-others-and-they-know-far-better-than-other 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kamand-kojouri/quote/we-dont-find-godin-temples-and-cathedralswe-dont-find-himby-standing-on-a-prayer-rug-or-sitting-in-a-pewgod-appears-when-welove-someone-other-than-ourselvesand-we-continue-to-feel-his-presenc 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/maquita-donyel-irvin/quote/the-depths-of-her-thoughts-will-have-you-never-wanting-to-surface-for-air 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/simone-de-beauvoir/quote/i-was-too-much-of-an-extremist-to-be-able-to-live-under-the-eye-of-god-and-at-the-same-time-say-both-yes-and-no-to-life 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andrew-wommack/quote/boldness-confidence-and-faith-will-rise-in-your-heart-as-you-realize-that-gods-supply-is-always-greater-than-your-need 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andrew-wommack/quote/faith-is-the-bridge-from-the-spiritual-realm-into-the-physical-realm 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/simone-de-beauvoir/quote/it-was-easier-for-me-to-think-of-a-world-without-a-creator-than-of-a-creator-burdened-with-all-the-contradictions-in-the-world 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kamand-kojouri/quote/gods-existence-is-reaffirmed-once-we-fall-in-with-another 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/in-general-if-we-leave-out-the-atheistic-fraction-of-world-population-that-possesses-no-notable-optimistic-or-positive-qualia-of-god-the-majority-of-the-human-species-possesses-a-beneficial-q 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sandra-kopp/quote/do-not-speak-wickedness-tania-god-can-yet-deliver-us-if-he-chooses-if-not-we-shall-glorify-him-with-our-deaths-jonah-havalseth 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/craig-groeschel/quote/when-its-clear-that-we-have-a-commitment-to-god-that-comes-before-anything-else-in-our-lives-most-people-will-respect-us-even-if-they-dont-share-our-faith 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jan-holly/quote/dear-charles-she-wrote-after-writing-to-express-my-appreciation-for-all-the-generosity-of-our-friends-i-would-be-remiss-indeed-if-i-did-not-include-a-missive-to-you-out-of-all-the-new-blessin 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kiana-davenport/quote/god-not-da-faddah-he-just-the-spoiled-moody-child-but-you-got-to-go-trough-him-to-get-to-da-real-power-his-mama-moter-god-she-da-real-almighty-she-run-da-heavens-alone-original-single-parent- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/other-than-the-substantial-physiological-impact-of-prayermeditation-there-is-another-much-simpler-mind-body-intervention-that-helps-all-religious-and-spiritual-individuals-in-all-walks-of-lif 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/evinda-lepins/quote/truth-is-the-strongest-weapon-against-the-darkness-of-lies-el 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/perry-g-downs/quote/christian-education-begins-where-evangelism-ends-helping-believers-grow-in-their-faith 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/theresa-lewis/quote/its-time-for-you-to-move-on-and-realize-that-there-is-so-much-more-to-your-life-than-what-you-see-let-go-of-your-past-and-never-re-live-it-again-you-must-take-a-leap-of-faith-and-take-hold-of 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anais-nin/quote/we-write-to-taste-life-twice-in-the-moment-and-in-retrospect 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aldous-huxley/quote/words-can-be-like-x-rays-if-you-use-them-properly-theyll-go-through-anything-you-read-and-youre-pierced 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/frank-herbert/quote/there-is-no-real-ending-its-just-the-place-where-you-stop-the-story 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomas-mann/quote/a-writer-is-someone-for-whom-writing-is-more-difficult-than-it-is-for-other-people 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/philip-jose-farmer/quote/imagination-is-like-a-muscle-i-found-out-that-the-more-i-wrote-the-bigger-it-got 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anais-nin/quote/the-role-of-a-writer-is-not-to-say-what-we-can-all-say-but-what-we-are-unable-to-say 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/wislawa-szymborska/quote/the-joy-of-writingthe-power-of-preservingrevenge-of-a-mortal-hand 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-bukowski/quote/if-you-think-they-didnt-go-crazy-in-tiny-rooms-just-like-youre-doing-now-without-women-without-food-without-hope-then-youre-not-ready 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tc-boyle/quote/but-then-thats-the-beauty-of-writing-stories-each-one-is-an-exploratory-journey-in-search-of-a-reason-and-a-shape-and-when-you-find-that-reason-and-that-shape-theres-no-feeling-like-it-3am-ma 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/washington-irving/quote/there-are-certain-half-dreaming-moods-of-mind-in-which-we-naturally-steal-away-from-noise-and-glare-and-seek-some-quiet-haunt-where-we-may-indulge-our-reveries-and-build-our-air-castles-undis 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/steve-coogan/quote/i-love-sherlock-holmes-ive-got-all-his-books-leather-bound-what-i-thought-was-great-about-sherlock-holmes-was-that-not-only-was-he-a-supersleuth-he-was-also-a-hard-worker-not-only-did-he-go-o 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-shields/quote/copies-have-been-dethroned-the-economic-model-built-on-them-is-collapsing-in-a-regime-of-superabundant-free-copies-copies-are-no-longer-the-basis-of-wealth-now-relationships-links-connections 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sark/quote/inside-criticsthe-critical-voices-in-our-own-heads-are-far-more-vicious-than-what-we-might-hear-from-the-outside-our-inside-critics-have-intimate-knowledge-of-us-and-can-zero-in-on-our-weakes 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/karl-pilkington/quote/it-wouldnt-happen-there-hasnt-been-one-publication-by-a-monkey 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nelson-algren/quote/you-dont-write-a-novel-out-of-sheer-pity-any-more-than-you-blow-a-safe-out-of-a-vague-longing-to-be-rich-a-certain-ruthlessness-and-a-sense-of-alienation-from-society-is-as-essential-to-creat 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/quote/so-when-the-blue-smoke-of-brittle-leaves-was-in-the-air-and-the-wind-blew-the-wet-laundry-stiff-on-the-line-i-decided-to-come-back-home 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jf-penn/quote/but-then-why-do-we-write-if-not-to-tackle-the-fears-that-others-look-to-us-to-conquer 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dave-eggers/quote/i-had-forgotten-that-and-so-many-things-how-could-i-put-everything-down-on-paper-it-seemed-impossible-no-matter-what-the-majority-of-life-would-be-left-out-of-this-story-this-sliver-of-a-vers 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/julio-cortazar/quote/all-european-writers-are-slaves-of-their-baptism-if-i-may-paraphrase-rimbaud-like-it-or-not-their-writing-carries-baggage-from-an-immense-and-almost-frightening-tradition-they-accept-that-tra 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-salzman/quote/my-writing-is-how-i-maintain 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anna-quindlen/quote/the-beginning-and-the-end-are-never-really-the-journey-of-discovery-for-me-it-is-the-middle-that-remains-a-puzzle-until-well-into-the-writing-thats-how-life-is-most-of-the-time-isnt-it-you-kn 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-foster-wallace/quote/you-have-a-great-deal-of-yourself-on-the-line-writing-your-vanity-is-at-stake-you-discover-a-tricky-thing-about-fiction-writing-a-certain-amount-of-vanity-is-necessary-to-be-able-to-do-it-all 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jorge-luis-borges/quote/a-writer-always-begins-by-being-too-complicated-hes-playing-at-several-games-at-once 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dorothy-l-sayers/quote/one-can-scarcely-be-frightened-off-writing-what-one-wants-to-write-for-fear-an-obscure-reviewer-should-patronise-one-on-that-account 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/julia-cameron/quote/being-in-the-mood-to-write-like-being-in-the-mood-to-make-love-is-a-luxury-that-isnt-necessary-in-a-long-term-relationship-just-as-the-first-caress-can-lead-to-a-change-of-heart-the-first-sen 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/augusto-roa-bastos/quote/to-write-does-not-mean-to-convert-the-real-into-words-but-to-make-the-power-of-the-word-real 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dorothy-l-sayers/quote/this-recognition-of-the-truth-we-get-in-the-artists-work-comes-to-us-as-a-revelation-of-new-truth-i-want-to-be-clear-about-that-i-am-not-referring-to-the-sort-of-patronizing-recognition-we-gi 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/wally-lamb/quote/i-started-writing-because-of-a-terrible-feeling-of-powerlessness-the-novelist-anita-brookner-has-said-the-national-book-award-winner-alice-mcdermott-noted-that-the-most-difficult-thing-about- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/laura-goode/quote/use-all-the-ugliness-youre-feeling-to-make-something-beautiful 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ursula-k-le-guin/quote/i-think-the-mystery-of-art-lies-in-this-that-artists-relationship-is-essentially-with-their-work-not-with-power-not-with-profit-not-with-themselves-not-even-with-their-audience 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tennessee-williams/quote/it-is-almost-as-if-you-were-frantically-constructing-another-world-while-the-world-that-you-live-in-dissolves-beneath-your-feet-and-that-your-survival-depends-on-completing-this-construction- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/winna-efendi/quote/treat-your-relationship-with-your-writing-as-an-important-one-seperti-hubungan-kamu-dengan-pacar-teman-teman-dan-keluarga-temukan-komitmen-untuk-terus-berjalan-maju-dan-tentukan-target-untuk- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/vanessa-wu/quote/perhaps-writing-a-story-or-a-novel-was-not-something-that-should-be-done-for-money-or-to-win-praise-but-for-the-sheer-sensual-pleasure-of-it-i-liked-that-idea-it-made-me-want-to-write-lots-of 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rainer-maria-rilke/quote/there-is-only-one-way-go-within-search-for-the-cause-find-the-impetus-that-bids-you-write-put-it-to-this-test-does-it-stretch-out-its-roots-in-the-deepest-place-of-your-heart-can-you-avow-tha 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-bukowski/quote/not-writing-is-not-good-but-trying-to-write-when-you-cant-is-worse 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/edward-abbey/quote/ah-yes-the-head-is-full-of-books-the-hard-part-is-to-force-them-down-through-the-bloodstream-and-out-through-the-fingers 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/russell-t-davies/quote/writing-is-such-an-industry-now-in-many-ways-thats-a-good-thing-in-that-it-removes-all-the-muse-like-mystique-and-makes-it-a-plain-old-job-accessible-to-everyone-but-with-industry-comes-jargo 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ezra-pound/quote/and-the-good-writer-chooses-his-words-for-their-meaning-but-that-meaning-is-not-a-a-set-cut-off-thing-like-the-move-of-knight-or-pawn-on-a-chess-board-it-comes-up-with-roots-with-associations 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cheryl-b-klein/quote/a-book-is-kind-of-like-a-good-horcrux-if-we-can-imagine-that-a-piece-of-the-writers-soul-preserved-in-a-physical-object-for-all-time-and-changing-the-lives-of-all-those-who-come-in-contact-wi 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aberjhani/quote/the-act-of-writing-itself-is-much-like-the-construction-of-a-mirror-made-of-words-looking-at-certain-illuminated-corners-of-or-cracks-within-the-mirror-the-author-can-see-fragments-of-an-obje 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-goudge/quote/the-simple-little-words-came-easily-fitting-themselves-to-the-tune-that-had-come-out-of-the-harpsichord-it-didnt-seem-to-her-that-she-made-them-up-at-all-it-seemed-to-her-that-they-flew-in-fr 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/fernando-pessoa/quote/to-say-to-know-how-to-say-to-know-how-to-exist-via-the-written-voice-and-the-intellectual-image-this-is-all-that-matters-in-life-the-rest-is-men-and-women-imagined-loves-and-factitious-vaniti 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-frazier/quote/i-cannot-decide-whether-it-is-an-illness-or-a-sin-the-need-to-write-things-down-and-fix-the-flowing-world-in-one-rigid-form-bear-believed-writing-dulled-the-spirit-stilled-some-holy-breath-sm 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thulani-davis/quote/you-dont-know-what-love-is-until-someone-lives-with-you-while-you-write-a-book 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christina-westover/quote/how-do-you-even-know-im-someone-youll-want-to-remember-weve-only-seen-each-other-once-beforeamberhave-you-ever-looked-at-a-painting-and-known-you-had-something-in-common-with-it-have-you-ever 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-markson/quote/once-turner-had-himself-lashed-to-the-mast-of-a-ship-for-several-hours-during-a-furious-storm-so-that-he-could-later-paint-the-storm-obviously-it-was-not-the-storm-itself-that-turner-intended 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/chitralekha-paul/quote/in-the-name-of-being-social-we-learn-to-ignore-our-natural-instinctsociety-keeps-dictating-dos-and-donts-which-we-keep-obeying-day-in-and-day-out 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/julia-cameron/quote/just-as-a-good-rain-clears-the-air-a-good-writing-day-clears-the-psyche 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-clements/quote/it-can-be-depressing-when-no-one-takes-interest-and-a-lack-of-response-makes-the-writer-question-why-theyre-writing-at-all-to-have-ones-writing-rejected-is-like-you-yourself-are-being-rejecte 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/shusaku-endo/quote/over-the-years-i-have-forged-intimate-familial-ties-with-these-characters-who-are-reflections-of-a-portion-of-myself-consequently-even-a-character-who-appeared-only-once-in-a-short-story-wait 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/roman-payne/quote/apollinaire-said-a-poet-should-be-of-his-time-i-say-objects-of-the-digital-age-belong-in-newspapers-not-literature-when-i-read-a-novel-i-dont-want-credit-cards-i-want-cash-in-ducats-and-gold- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/richard-hugo/quote/assuming-you-can-write-clear-english-sentences-give-up-all-worry-about-communication-if-you-want-to-communicate-use-the-telephone 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sark/quote/our-creative-dreams-are-subject-to-grudge-holding-when-we-decide-that-other-people-somehow-have-made-their-dreams-real-and-we-have-not 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/quote/what-are-you-going-to-do-cant-say-run-for-president-write-greenwich-village-good-heavens-no-i-said-write-not-drink 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/karen-quan/quote/ill-use-the-blood-from-my-spilling-heart-to-write-the-words-that-were-never-able-to-slip-out-of-my-mouth-so-you-can-see-how-much-youve-broken-me-into-a-perpetual-state-of-melancholy 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kurt-vonnegut-jr/quote/be-a-sadist-no-matter-how-sweet-and-innocent-your-leading-characters-make-awful-things-happen-to-them-in-order-that-the-reader-may-see-what-they-are-made-offrom-the-preface 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tanith-lee/quote/i-held-out-my-book-it-was-precious-to-me-as-were-all-the-things-id-written-even-where-i-despised-their-inadequacy-there-was-not-one-i-would-disown-each-tore-its-way-from-my-entrails-each-had- 2026-10-23T17:33:17+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cyril-connolly/quote/when-i-write-after-dark-the-shades-of-evening-scatter-their-purple-through-my-prose 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lee-benson/quote/history-never-repeats-itself-historians-do 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carol-archer/quote/what-is-a-writera-writer-is-a-magician-who-can-create-a-masterpiece-with-a-wave-of-a-pencila-writer-has-the-key-to-a-new-worldcapturing-readers-and-taking-them-on-a-roller-coaster-ride-away-f 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/felisberto-hernandez/quote/i-do-not-believe-that-i-should-only-write-about-what-i-know-but-that-i-should-write-also-of-the-other 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charlotte-bronte/quote/you-can-write-nothing-of-value-unless-you-give-yourself-wholly-to-the-the-theme-and-when-you-so-give-yourself-you-lose-appetite-ans-sleep-it-cannot-be-helped 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/italo-calvino/quote/i-am-a-saturn-who-dreams-of-being-a-mercury-and-everything-i-write-reflects-these-two-impulses 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/patricia-c-wrede/quote/i-loved-getting-my-m-b-a-and-i-really-enjoyed-being-an-accountant-and-financial-analyst-before-i-quit-my-day-job-twenty-five-years-ago-to-write-full-time-i-just-liked-writing-moreplus-i-knew- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/junot-diaz/quote/in-my-view-a-writer-is-a-writer-because-even-when-there-is-no-hope-even-when-nothing-you-do-shows-any-sign-of-promise-you-keep-writing-anyway 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nelson-algren/quote/a-book-a-true-book-is-the-writers-confessional-for-whether-he-would-have-it-so-or-not-he-is-betrayed-directly-or-indirectly-by-his-characters-into-presenting-publicly-his-innermost-feelings 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ben-monopoli/quote/fiction-is-true-it-doesnt-have-to-factual-to-be-true 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/edna-obrien/quote/it-is-impossible-to-capture-the-essence-of-love-in-writing-only-its-symptoms-remain-the-erotic-absorption-the-huge-disparity-between-the-times-together-and-the-times-apart-the-sense-of-being- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aldous-huxley/quote/i-believe-one-would-write-better-if-the-climate-were-bad-if-there-were-a-lot-of-wind-and-storms-for-example 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mohammad-fauzil-adhim/quote/sesungguhnya-penulis-yang-bersemangat-jauh-lebih-menjanjikan-daripada-penulis-yang-berbakat 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tobias-wolff/quote/there-are-very-few-professions-in-which-people-just-sit-down-and-think-hard-for-five-or-six-hours-a-day-all-by-themselves-of-course-its-why-you-want-to-become-a-writer-because-you-have-the-li 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/christopher-vogler/quote/i-realized-that-the-good-stories-were-affecting-the-organs-of-my-body-in-various-ways-and-the-really-good-ones-were-stimulating-more-than-one-organ-an-effective-story-grabs-your-gut-tightens- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/as-a-young-man-just-beginning-to-publish-some-short-fiction-in-the-ta-magazines-i-was-fairly-optimistic-about-my-chances-of-getting-published-i-knew-that-i-had-some-game-as-the-basketball-pla 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/chitralekha-paul/quote/lots-of-things-happen-in-our-lives-without-any-apparent-justification-but-whatever-happens-to-ustakes-us-one-step-ahead-in-the-path-of-self-realisationthe-truth-is-we-all-are-travellers-in-th 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/brenda-ueland/quote/writing-is-not-a-performance-but-a-generosity 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/walter-moers/quote/in-my-profession-it-isnt-a-question-of-telling-good-literature-from-bad-really-good-literature-is-seldom-appreciated-in-its-own-day-the-best-authors-die-poor-the-bad-ones-make-money-its-alway 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/laurence-sterne/quote/i-have-undertaken-you-see-to-write-not-only-my-life-but-my-opinions-also-hoping-and-expecting-that-your-knowledge-of-my-character-and-of-what-kind-of-a-mortal-i-am-by-the-one-would-give-you-a 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/janet-frame/quote/all-writers-all-beings-are-exiles-as-a-matter-of-course-the-certainty-about-living-is-that-it-is-a-succession-of-expulsions-of-whatever-carries-the-life-forceall-writers-are-exiles-wherever-t 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/sydney-smith/quote/the-main-question-to-a-novel-is-did-it-amuse-were-you-surprised-at-dinner-coming-so-soon-did-you-mistake-eleven-for-ten-were-you-too-late-to-dress-and-did-you-sit-up-beyond-the-usual-hour-if- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/roberto-bolano/quote/when-people-read-his-books-they-have-an-uncontrollable-desire-to-hang-the-author-in-the-town-square-i-cant-think-of-a-higher-honor-for-a-writer 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mur-lafferty/quote/strength-is-taking-charge-of-your-own-destiny-and-not-waiting-on-others-to-do-so-you-dont-have-to-swear-and-drink-and-beat-people-up-and-slay-monsters-youre-allowed-to-cry-and-take-care-of-ch 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ernest-hemingway/quote/you-know-youre-writing-well-when-youre-throwing-good-stuff-into-the-wastebasket 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/virginia-woolf/quote/but-what-is-more-to-the-point-is-my-belief-that-the-habit-of-writing-thus-for-my-own-eye-only-is-good-practice-it-loosens-the-ligaments-never-mind-the-misses-and-the-stumbles 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jerry-stahl/quote/destroy-your-life-then-put-it-back-togetheryoull-get-great-material-meet-some-fascinating-characters-and-side-benefit-the-skills-you-develop-will-give-you-greater-compassion-insight-and-range 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dave-eggers/quote/you-better-start-writing-now-because-you-know-how-to-write-and-you-have-fingers-and-you-have-this-one-life-and-during-this-one-life-you-should-put-your-words-down-and-make-your-voice-heard-an 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-bukowski/quote/dont-ever-write-a-novel-unless-it-hurts-like-a-hot-turd-coming-out 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/george-orwell/quote/all-writers-are-vain-selfish-and-lazy-and-at-the-very-bottom-of-their-motives-there-lies-a-mystery-writing-a-book-is-a-horrible-exhausting-struggle-like-a-long-bout-of-some-painful-illness-on 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/connie-brockway/quote/and-enigmatic-smile-is-worth-ten-pages-of-dialog 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/patrick-rothfuss/quote/but-it-isnt-a-rough-draft-either-the-one-i-turned-in-several-months-ago-was-rough-there-were-some-bad-plot-holes-some-logical-inconsistencies-pacing-problems-and-not-nearly-enough-lesbian-uni 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alexander-pope/quote/in-words-as-fashions-the-same-rule-will-holdalike-fantastic-if-too-new-or-oldbe-not-the-first-by-whom-the-new-are-triednor-yet-the-last-to-lay-the-old-aside 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/bauvard/quote/i-love-working-with-my-hands-my-writing-is-rough-my-paper-bruised-with-ink-stains 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/caitlin-r-kiernan/quote/it-is-not-the-task-of-a-writer-to-tell-all-or-even-to-decide-what-to-leave-in-but-to-decide-what-to-leave-out-whatever-remains-that-meager-sum-of-this-profane-division-thats-the-bastard-chime 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/damon-suede/quote/love-hurtsthink-back-over-romance-novels-youve-loved-or-the-genre-defining-books-that-drive-our-industry-the-most-unforgettable-stories-and-characters-spring-from-crushing-opposition-what-we- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/patricia-t-oconner/quote/whenever-theres-something-wrong-with-your-writing-suspect-that-theres-something-wrong-with-your-thinking 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tennessee-williams/quote/and-it-was-about-then-about-that-time-that-i-began-to-find-life-unsatisfactory-as-an-explanation-of-itself-and-was-forced-to-adopt-the-method-of-the-artist-of-not-explaining-but-putting-the-b 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cameron-conaway/quote/ive-learned-to-fall-like-the-bjj-player-to-protect-the-body-through-controlling-the-distribution-of-force-by-slapping-the-mat-with-hands-open-with-hands-open-hands-open-open-o-pen 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cameron-conaway/quote/stories-do-not-change-only-the-lives-they-live-in-do 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/roman-payne/quote/fueled-by-my-inspiration-i-ran-across-the-room-to-steal-the-cup-of-coffee-the-bookshelf-had-taken-prisoner-lapping-the-black-watery-brew-like-a-hyena-i-tossed-the-empty-cup-aside-i-then-retur 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/louis-lamour/quote/if-youre-going-to-be-a-writer-the-first-essential-is-just-to-write-do-not-wait-for-an-idea-start-writing-something-and-the-ideas-will-come-you-have-to-turn-the-faucet-on-before-the-water-star 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kurt-vonnegut-jr/quote/i-think-it-can-be-tremendously-refreshing-if-a-creator-of-literature-has-something-on-his-mind-other-than-the-history-of-literature-so-far-literature-should-not-disappear-up-its-own-asshole-s 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/laraine-herring/quote/writing-is-both-an-act-of-power-and-surrender-passion-and-discovery-it-is-a-tug-at-your-soul-that-continues-to-pull-you-forward-even-as-you-go-kicking-and-screaming-p18 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/janet-fitch/quote/a-novel-is-like-a-dream-in-which-everyone-is-you-theyre-all-parts-of-yourself 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/reading-takes-time-and-the-glass-teat-takes-too-much-of-it 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/annie-ernaux/quote/naturally-i-feel-no-shame-in-writing-these-things-because-of-the-time-which-separates-the-moment-when-they-are-written-when-only-i-can-see-them-from-the-moment-when-they-will-be-read-by-other 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/toba-beta/quote/i-earn-the-magic-of-words-by-writingi-learn-the-myth-of-worlds-by-imagining 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/brenda-ueland/quote/dont-always-be-appraising-yourself-wondering-if-you-are-better-or-worse-than-other-writers-i-will-not-reason-and-compare-said-blake-my-business-is-to-create-besides-since-you-are-like-no-othe 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/brenda-ueland/quote/work-freely-and-rollickingly-as-though-you-were-talking-to-a-friend-who-loves-you-mentally-at-least-three-or-four-times-a-day-thumb-your-nose-at-all-know-it-alls-jeerers-critics-doubters 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/many-writing-texts-caution-against-asking-friends-to-read-your-stuff-suggesting-youre-not-apt-to-get-a-very-unbiased-opinion-its-unfair-according-to-this-view-to-put-a-pal-in-such-a-position- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/paul-valery/quote/what-one-wrote-playfully-another-reads-with-tension-and-passion-what-one-wrote-with-tension-and-passion-another-reads-playfully 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anita-philmar/quote/and-you-areshe-fluttered-her-hand-over-her-face-andbrushed-a-wisp-of-light-brown-hair-from-her-browthe-governor-calls-me-kitty-itd-probably-be-best-if-you-did-toowhat-an-alluring-name-it-make 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jincy-willett/quote/not-writing-was-hard-work-almost-as-hard-as-writing 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/william-faulkner/quote/and-george-farr-had-the-town-the-earth-the-world-to-himself-and-his-sorrow-music-came-faint-as-a-troubling-rumor-beneath-the-spring-night-sweetened-by-distance-a-longing-knowing-no-ease-oh-go 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/antonin-artaud/quote/all-writing-is-filth 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/joel-dicker/quote/the-reason-writers-are-such-fragile-beings-marcus-is-that-they-suffer-from-two-sorts-of-emotional-pain-which-is-twice-as-much-as-a-normal-human-being-the-heartache-of-love-and-the-heartache-o 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-e-goodrich/quote/have-you-ever-pondered-the-miracle-of-popcorn-it-starts-out-as-a-tiny-little-compact-kernel-with-magic-trapped-inside-that-when-agitated-bursts-to-create-something-marvelously-desirable-its-s 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-fante/quote/i-went-to-the-library-i-looked-at-the-magazines-at-the-pictures-in-them-one-day-i-went-to-the-bookshelves-and-pulled-out-a-book-it-was-winesburg-ohio-i-sat-at-a-long-mahogany-table-and-began- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/robert-mckee/quote/all-writing-is-discipline-but-screenwriting-is-a-drill-sergeant 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kimberly-novosel/quote/and-so-i-just-kept-writing-to-myself 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elias-canetti/quote/the-process-of-writing-has-something-infinite-about-it-even-though-it-is-interrupted-each-night-it-is-one-single-notation-and-it-seems-most-true-when-it-eschews-artistic-devices-of-any-sort 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-gardner/quote/the-best-way-a-writer-can-find-to-keep-himself-going-is-to-live-off-his-or-her-spouse-the-trouble-is-that-psychologically-at-least-its-hard-our-culture-teaches-none-of-its-false-lessons-more- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/chloe-thurlow/quote/between-the-lines-of-every-book-the-writer-reveals-their-own-secrets 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/brithoran/quote/writing-is-my-passion-i-never-want-to-let-it-go-it-may-be-short-fan-fiction-or-purely-my-own-work-but-it-is-my-kingdom-i-am-the-princess-for-all-the-noble-readers-in-the-kingdom-i-bring-them- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stasia-ward-kehoe/quote/it-is-strange-to-hear-my-wordsread-back-to-mei-dont-think-i-wrote-themto-have-them-ever-leave-the-pagei-think-i-only-writewhat-happens-across-my-brainwhen-my-feet-are-too-weary-to-dance-anymo 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/george-sand/quote/jai-un-but-une-tache-disons-le-mot-une-passion-le-metier-decrire-en-est-une-violente-et-presque-indestructibleletter-to-jules-boucoiran-4-march-1831 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-geddes/quote/no-good-writing-flows-from-a-polluted-well-you-can-write-about-monsters-but-you-cant-be-one 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jorge-luis-borges/quote/the-famed-author-robert-lewis-stevenson-declared-that-hed-trained-his-brownies-to-be-writers-as-he-slept-they-would-whisper-fantastic-plots-in-his-ear-for-example-the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyl 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mar-mai/quote/ah-i-do-so-love-this-charmingly-rustic-elvin-kingdom-baozhai 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dorothy-l-sayers/quote/the-one-thing-which-seems-to-me-quite-impossible-is-to-take-into-consideration-the-kind-of-book-one-is-expected-to-write-surely-one-can-only-write-the-book-that-is-there-to-be-written-8-septe 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ll-barkat/quote/writing-starts-with-living-rumors-of-water-thoughts-on-creativity-writing 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kristen-lamb/quote/persistence-can-look-a-lot-like-stupid 2026-10-23T11:33:06+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/janet-burroway/quote/most-writing-is-done-between-the-mind-and-the-hand-not-between-the-hand-and-the-page 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/roy-peter-clark/quote/everyone-should-read-we-say-but-we-act-as-if-only-those-with-special-talent-should-write 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/louisa-may-alcott/quote/i-want-to-do-something-splendid-something-heroic-or-wonderful-that-wont-be-forgotten-after-im-dead-i-think-i-shall-write-books 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-patrick-lowrie/quote/polysyllables-obfuscate-a-preponderant-ignorance-with-so-much-more-style-and-panache 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/roland-barthes/quote/to-know-that-one-does-not-write-for-the-other-to-know-that-these-things-i-am-going-to-write-will-never-cause-me-to-be-loved-by-the-one-i-love-the-other-to-know-that-writing-compensates-for-no 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ngaio-marsh/quote/above-all-things-read-read-the-great-stylists-who-cannot-be-copied-rather-than-the-successful-writers-who-must-not-be-copied 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/terri-windling/quote/in-older-myths-the-dark-road-leads-downward-into-the-underworld-where-persephone-is-carried-off-by-hades-much-against-her-will-while-ishtar-descends-of-her-own-accord-to-beat-at-the-gates-of- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/allison-van-diepen/quote/id-been-writing-for-as-long-as-i-could-remember-but-once-i-read-otherworld-id-stopped-writing-original-stories-to-focus-on-fan-fiction-it-was-such-a-rich-exciting-world-that-i-couldnt-think-o 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/theodora-goss/quote/write-all-the-time-i-believe-in-writing-every-day-at-least-a-thousand-words-a-day-we-have-a-strange-idea-about-writing-that-it-can-be-done-and-done-well-without-a-great-deal-of-effort-dancers 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/theodora-goss/quote/if-youre-a-writer-your-first-duty-a-duty-you-owe-to-yourself-and-your-readers-and-to-your-writing-itself-is-to-become-wonderful-to-become-the-best-writer-you-can-possibly-be 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jeanette-winterson/quote/i-believe-you-have-to-write-every-day-make-the-time-its-about-having-an-organized-mind-instead-of-a-chaotic-and-untidy-one-there-is-a-myth-that-writers-are-bohemian-and-do-what-they-like-in-t 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mike-bryan/quote/a-writer-concocts-a-different-story-for-every-reader 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sue-isle/quote/creative-exhaustion-is-first-cousin-to-writers-block-first-off-i-try-to-accept-that-when-it-hits-i-am-not-wasting-time-but-preparing-myself-to-return-to-work-i-blog-more-i-do-something-differ 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/pascal-quignard/quote/le-livre-est-un-morceau-de-silence-dans-les-mains-du-lecteur-celui-qui-ecrit-se-tait-celui-qui-lit-ne-rompt-pas-le-silence 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/gerard-de-marigny/quote/to-be-a-successful-fiction-writer-you-have-to-write-well-write-a-lot-and-let-em-know-youve-written-it-then-rinse-and-repeat 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/vincent-h-oneil/quote/actors-are-all-about-entrances-but-writers-are-all-about-exits 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/edward-abbey/quote/as-for-writing-thats-a-cruel-hard-business-unless-youre-very-lucky-itll-break-your-heart 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/geoff-dyer/quote/have-more-than-one-idea-on-the-go-at-any-one-time-if-its-a-choice-between-writing-a-book-and-doing-nothing-i-will-always-choose-the-latter-its-only-if-i-have-an-idea-for-two-books-that-i-choo 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/vincent-h-oneil/quote/thats-what-i-love-most-about-writers-theyre-such-lousy-actors 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elliot-mabeuse/quote/but-when-i-write-i-feel-like-the-most-important-man-in-the-world-because-when-i-write-i-give-meaning-to-things-i-create-significance-and-i-create-meanings-and-as-hard-as-that-may-for-you-to-b 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/phil-dusenberry/quote/ive-always-believed-writing-ads-is-the-second-most-profitable-form-of-writing-the-first-is-ransom-notes 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hugh-macleod/quote/if-your-business-plan-depends-on-suddenly-being-discovered-by-some-big-shot-your-plan-will-probably-fail-nobody-suddenly-discovers-anything-things-are-made-slowly-and-in-pain 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/voltaire/quote/he-showed-in-a-few-words-that-it-is-not-sufficient-to-throw-together-a-few-incidents-that-are-to-be-met-with-in-every-romance-and-that-to-dazzle-the-spectator-the-thought-should-be-new-withou 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/eta-hoffmann/quote/there-are-otherwise-quite-decent-people-who-are-so-dull-of-nature-that-they-believe-that-they-must-attribute-the-swift-flight-of-fancy-to-some-illness-of-the-psyche-and-thus-it-happens-that-t 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/helene-cixous/quote/writing-is-the-delicate-difficult-and-dangerous-means-of-succeeding-in-avowing-the-unavowable 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mirra-ginsburg/quote/one-of-the-most-brilliant-russian-writers-of-the-twentieth-century-yevgeny-zamyatin-belongs-to-the-tradition-in-russian-literature-represented-by-gogol-leskov-bely-remizov-and-in-certain-aspe 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/arthur-schopenhauer/quote/a-book-can-never-be-anything-more-than-the-impress-of-its-authors-thoughts-and-the-value-of-these-will-lie-either-in-the-matter-about-which-he-has-thought-or-in-the-form-which-his-thoughts-ta 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/henry-adams/quote/the-habit-of-expression-leads-to-the-search-for-something-to-express-something-remains-as-a-residuum-of-the-commonplace-itself-if-one-strikes-out-every-commonplace-in-the-expression 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/scarlett-thomas/quote/being-published-is-not-the-same-as-being-a-real-writer 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/laura-goode/quote/if-im-writing-at-least-i-dont-feel-as-paralyzed 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rabih-alameddine/quote/how-can-i-expect-readers-to-know-who-i-am-if-i-do-not-tell-them-about-my-family-my-friends-the-relationships-in-my-life-who-am-i-if-not-where-i-fit-in-the-world-where-i-fit-in-the-lives-of-th 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/wh-auden/quote/in-the-eyes-of-others-a-man-is-a-poet-if-he-has-written-one-good-poem-in-his-own-he-is-only-a-poet-at-the-moment-when-he-is-making-his-last-revision-to-a-new-poem-the-moment-before-he-was-sti 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jonathan-price/quote/remember-yourself-deep-inside-you-have-an-observer-a-constant-neutral-witness-to-your-posture-gesture-facial-expression-breathing-taste-impressions-of-light-and-sound-dont-leap-to-interpret-j 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/athol-fugard/quote/love-is-the-only-energy-ive-ever-used-as-a-writer-ive-never-written-out-of-anger-although-anger-has-informed-love 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/friedrich-nietzsche/quote/twofold-misjudgement-the-misfortune-suffered-by-clear-minded-and-easily-understood-writers-is-that-they-are-taken-for-shallow-and-thus-little-effort-is-expended-on-reading-them-and-the-good-f 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dorothy-allison/quote/before-i-published-any-of-my-own-stories-i-read-a-great-many-stories-by-people-as-passionate-about-writing-as-i-was-and-i-learned-something-from-everyone-i-read-something-most-important-what- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lillian-stewart-carl/quote/st-bernard-said-every-word-one-writes-smites-the-devil 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/yasunari-kawabata/quote/i-wonder-what-the-retirement-age-is-in-the-novel-businessthe-day-you-die 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomas-de-quincey/quote/but-my-way-of-writing-is-rather-to-think-aloud-and-follow-my-own-humours-than-much-to-consider-who-is-listening-to-me-and-if-i-stop-to-consider-what-is-proper-to-be-said-to-this-or-that-perso 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ryszard-kapuscinski/quote/man-knows-and-in-the-course-of-years-he-comes-to-know-it-increasingly-well-feeling-it-ever-more-acutely-that-memory-is-weak-and-fleeting-and-if-he-doesnt-write-down-what-he-has-learned-and-ex 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/steven-millhauser/quote/that-afternoon-he-told-me-that-the-difference-between-human-beings-and-animals-was-that-human-beings-were-able-to-dream-while-awake-he-said-the-purpose-of-books-was-to-permit-us-to-exercise-t 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/toba-beta/quote/keep-on-reading-thinking-doing-and-writing-words-keep-introducing-their-friends-to-you 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jose-saramago/quote/perhaps-it-is-the-language-that-chooses-the-writers-it-needs-making-use-of-them-so-that-each-might-express-a-tiny-part-of-what-it-is 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-richardson/quote/in-our-modern-world-this-elemental-quality-of-storytelling-is-denied-we-live-today-in-a-world-in-which-everything-has-its-place-and-function-and-nothing-is-left-out-of-place-storytelling-is-t 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aldous-huxley/quote/disappointed-in-his-hope-that-i-would-give-him-the-fictional-equivalent-of-one-hundred-ways-of-cooking-eggs-or-the-carnet-de-la-menagere-he-began-to-cross-examine-me-about-my-methods-of-colle 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/louis-zukofsky/quote/the-more-the-words-of-others-impressed-him-with-their-factual-content-the-more-he-felt-he-must-wait-for-his-own-facts-before-being-tempted-into-words 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/steven-millhauser/quote/as-i-train-myself-to-cast-off-words-as-i-learn-to-erase-word-thoughts-i-begin-to-feel-a-new-world-rising-up-around-me-the-old-world-of-houses-rooms-trees-and-streets-shimmers-wavers-and-tears 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kurt-vonnegut-jr/quote/i-am-simply-impressed-by-the-unexpected-insights-which-shower-down-on-me-when-my-job-is-to-imagine-as-contrasted-with-the-woodenly-familiar-ideas-which-clutter-my-desk-when-my-job-is-to-tell- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/heiner-muller/quote/la-plus-grande-chute-est-celle-quon-fait-du-haut-de-linnocence 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/brenda-ueland/quote/yes-i-hate-orthodox-criticism-i-dont-mean-great-criticism-like-that-of-matthew-arnold-and-others-but-the-usual-small-niggling-fussy-mussy-criticism-which-thinks-it-can-improve-people-by-telli 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/joseph-joubert/quote/the-paper-is-patient-but-the-reader-is-not 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alice-munro/quote/i-used-to-feel-for-years-and-years-and-years-that-i-was-very-remiss-not-to-have-written-a-novel-and-i-would-question-people-who-wrote-novels-and-try-to-find-out-how-they-did-it-and-how-they-h 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/william-saroyan/quote/the-purpose-of-writing-is-both-to-keep-up-with-life-and-to-run-ahead-of-it-i-am-little-comfort-to-myself-although-i-am-the-only-comfort-i-have-excepting-perhaps-streets-clouds-the-sun-the-fac 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/toni-morrison/quote/i-dont-believe-any-real-artists-have-ever-been-non-political-they-may-have-been-insensitive-to-this-particular-plight-or-insensitive-to-that-but-they-were-political-because-thats-what-an-arti 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ariel-schrag/quote/i-thought-about-how-all-that-mattered-in-all-entirety-and-all-i-wanted-and-all-i-could-see-anything-being-worth-anything-for-was-being-a-writer 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jincy-willett/quote/dialogue-is-generally-the-worst-choice-for-exposition-when-youre-writing-linesyou-need-to-focus-on-the-way-people-actually-talk-and-when-we-talk-to-each-other-we-never-actually-explain-our-te 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jincy-willett/quote/there-are-worse-things-than-falling-on-your-face-right-out-of-collegelike-instant-unearned-success-like-getting-your-first-novel-accepted-by-the-first-publisher-you-send-it-to-like-getting-yo 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/gustave-flaubert/quote/it-seems-to-me-alas-that-if-you-can-so-thoroughly-dissect-your-children-who-are-still-to-be-born-you-dont-get-horny-enough-to-actually-to-father-them 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jacques-vache/quote/well-then-i-see-two-ways-of-letting-things-take-their-course-create-ones-own-sensations-with-the-help-of-a-flamboyant-collision-of-rare-words-not-often-mind-you-or-else-neatly-draw-the-angles 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/julian-gough/quote/the-novel-cannot-submit-to-authority 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rae-armantrout/quote/a-sense-of-mission-lostin-inksjagged-outcropsi-was-trying-to-tell-myselfwhat-i-must-have-knownbeforein-a-formi-wouldnt-recognize-at-first 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/claire-fuller/quote/writing-does-not-exist-unless-there-is-someone-to-read-it-and-each-reader-will-take-something-different-from-a-novel-from-a-chapter-from-a-line 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/amy-neftzger/quote/words-and-magic-are-two-powerful-forces-that-can-change-the-world 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ap-sweet/quote/i-cry-often-i-cry-and-cleanse-my-face-with-my-tears-and-swim-to-the-center-of-it-all-a-center-that-i-have-written-about-a-thousand-times-forever-etched-into-the-porcelain 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/howard-mittelmark/quote/a-good-approach-is-to-allow-one-dream-per-novel-then-in-the-final-revision-go-back-and-get-rid-of-that-too 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/bangambiki-habyarimana/quote/the-internet-is-killing-the-art-of-writing-the-big-publish-button-begs-you-to-publish-even-before-you-go-back-and-make-one-single-edit-and-as-if-this-was-not-enough-you-have-instant-readers-w 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/emlyn-hall/quote/writing-is-the-new-reading 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ian-mcewan/quote/the-childhood-of-a-spoiled-prince-could-be-framed-within-half-a-page-a-moonlit-dash-through-sleepy-villages-was-one-rhythmically-emphatic-sentence-falling-in-love-could-be-achieved-in-a-singl 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/amanda-craig/quote/novelists-said-ivo-are-to-the-nineties-what-cooks-were-to-the-eighties-hairdressers-to-the-seventies-and-pop-stars-to-the-sixties-merely-you-know-an-expression-of-the-zeitgeist-nobody-actuall 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kyoko-yoshida/quote/no-i-am-not-imagining-a-book-burning-warmongering-anti-intellectual-fascist-regime-in-my-plan-there-is-no-place-for-re-ghters-who-light-up-the-homers-and-lady-murasakis-and-cao-xueqins-stashe 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marcel-proust/quote/and-so-too-in-later-years-when-i-began-to-write-a-book-of-my-own-and-the-quality-of-some-sentences-seemed-so-inadequate-that-i-could-not-make-up-my-mind-to-go-on-with-the-undertaking-i-would- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ambrose-bierce/quote/obsolete-adj-no-longer-used-by-the-timid-said-chiefly-of-words-a-word-which-some-lexicographer-has-marked-obsolete-is-ever-thereafter-an-object-of-dread-and-loathing-to-the-fool-writer-but-if 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/socrates/quote/how-many-things-can-i-do-without 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kimberly-black/quote/in-writing-a-good-guy-must-never-break-any-of-the-ten-commandments-a-bad-guy-must-break-every-one-thats-why-writing-female-characters-is-so-much-fun-theyre-not-guys-at-all 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jonathan-harnisch/quote/ive-always-loved-the-night-when-everyone-else-is-asleep-and-the-world-is-all-mine-its-quiet-and-dark-the-perfect-time-for-creativity 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/what-about-reality-you-ask-well-as-far-as-im-concerned-reality-can-go-take-a-flying-fuck-at-a-rolling-doughnut-ive-never-held-much-of-a-brief-for-reality-at-least-in-my-written-work-all-too-o 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-thomas-idlet/quote/i-think-maybe-today-a-poem-i-hopeafter-breakfast-i-start-tryingpulling-it-out-of-my-own-gutmostly-by-force 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christopher-lehman/quote/why-arent-the-thinks-im-thinking-getting-thunk-on-the-page-any-faster-from-stop-lying-writing-is-hard-on-christopherlehmancom 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/junot-diaz/quote/he-whistles-que-viva-colombia-hands-you-back-the-book-you-really-should-write-the-cheaters-guide-to-loveyou-thinki-do-it-takes-a-while-you-see-the-tall-girl-you-go-to-more-doctors-you-celebra 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-dufresne/quote/a-lack-of-narrative-structure-as-you-know-will-cause-anxiety 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/vladimir-nabokov/quote/and-speaking-of-this-wonderful-machine840-im-puzzled-by-the-difference-between-the-kind-which-goes-on-solely-in-the-poets-minda-testing-of-performing-words-while-hethe-other-kind-much-more-de 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/criss-jami/quote/because-there-are-hundreds-of-different-ways-to-say-one-thing-i-being-a-writer-songwriter-and-poet-speak-childishly-and-incoherently-in-speech-there-is-so-much-to-decide-in-so-little-time 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/james-robertson/quote/i-prefer-the-pen-there-is-something-elemental-about-the-glide-and-flow-of-nib-and-ink-on-paper 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/edna-obrien/quote/that-is-the-mystery-about-writing-it-comes-out-of-afflictions-out-of-the-gouged-times-when-the-heart-is-cut-open 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/theres-an-old-rule-of-theater-that-goes-if-theres-a-gun-on-the-mantel-in-act-i-it-must-go-off-in-act-iii-the-reverse-is-also-true 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dejan-stojanovic/quote/if-we-were-to-understand-how-important-it-is-to-say-something-and-say-it-well-maybe-we-wouldnt-write-a-single-word-but-that-would-be-tragic 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/felix-j-palma/quote/a-writers-most-powerful-weapon-his-true-strength-was-his-intuition-and-regardless-of-whether-he-had-any-talent-if-the-critics-combined-to-discredit-an-authors-nose-for-things-he-would-be-redu 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-e-goodrich/quote/poetry-is-the-wailing-of-a-broken-heartthe-etched-sorrows-of-despairing-souls-these-artful-words-are-an-exclamation-in-rare-colors-expressed-noiselessly-on-parchment-poetry-is-the-unheard-cry 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/keith-ridgway/quote/they-couldnt-talk-they-were-not-good-talkers-either-of-them-and-once-long-ago-now-she-had-bought-a-notebook-for-a-course-it-lay-empty-and-forgotten-on-the-kitchen-table-until-one-afternoon-wh 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/veronika-carnaby/quote/i-dont-want-to-re-write-the-same-old-book-with-the-same-tired-techniques-id-rather-bring-something-new-to-the-table-thats-true-to-me-and-that-people-will-have-a-genuine-reaction-to-thats-the- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kelli-jae-baeli/quote/faulkner-had-an-egg-carton-filled-with-periods-and-throughout-his-writing-career-used-nearly-all-of-them 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sterling-lord/quote/a-writer-whos-a-pro-can-take-on-almost-any-assignment-but-if-he-or-she-doesnt-much-care-about-the-subject-i-try-to-dissuade-the-writer-as-in-that-case-the-book-can-be-just-plain-hard-labor 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/felix-j-palma/quote/there-is-little-more-i-can-add-short-of-dissecting-the-man-or-going-into-intimate-details-such-as-the-modest-proportions-and-slight-southeasterly-curvature-of-his-manhood 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-fry/quote/great-writers-i-discovered-were-not-to-be-bowed-down-before-and-worshipped-but-embraced-and-befriended-their-names-resounded-through-history-not-because-they-had-massive-brows-and-thought-dee 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/eb-white/quote/there-is-nothing-harder-to-estimate-than-a-writers-time-nothing-harder-to-keep-track-of-there-are-moments-moments-of-sustained-creation-when-his-time-is-fairly-valuable-and-there-are-hours-an 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/arthur-conan-doyle/quote/it-is-a-pity-he-did-not-write-in-pencil-as-you-have-no-doubt-frequently-observed-the-impression-usually-goes-through-a-fact-which-has-dissolved-many-a-happy-marriage 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/craig-raine/quote/the-task-of-the-artist-at-any-time-is-uncompromisingly-simple-to-discover-what-has-not-yet-been-done-and-to-do-it 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/it-seems-to-occur-to-few-of-the-attendees-of-a-writing-retreat-that-if-you-have-a-feel-you-just-cant-describe-you-might-just-be-i-dont-know-kind-of-like-my-sense-of-it-is-maybe-in-the-wrong-f 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andrea-a-lunsford/quote/literature-might-be-called-the-art-of-story-and-story-might-in-turn-be-called-a-universal-language-for-every-culture-we-know-of-has-a-tradition-of-storytelling-no-doubt-stories-have-touched-y 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/margaret-atwood/quote/for-me-the-experience-of-writing-is-really-an-experience-of-losing-control-i-think-its-very-much-like-dreaming-or-like-surfing-you-go-out-there-and-wait-for-a-wave-and-when-it-comes-it-takes- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andrea-a-lunsford/quote/writing-surrounds-us-its-not-something-we-do-just-in-school-or-on-the-job-but-something-that-is-as-familiar-and-everyday-as-a-pair-of-worn-sneakers-or-the-air-we-breathe 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/i-never-think-of-stories-as-made-things-i-think-of-them-as-found-things-as-if-you-pull-them-out-of-the-ground-and-you-just-pick-them-up-someone-once-told-me-that-that-was-me-low-balling-my-ow 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/frederick-weisel/quote/as-the-chapters-took-shape-a-change-came-over-her-it-was-the-double-sided-recognition-that-this-book-the-last-that-she-would-write-might-achieve-esteem-and-success-equal-to-her-great-novel-bu 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/joyce-carol-oates/quote/warum-man-schreibt-ist-eine-frage-die-sich-der-schriftsteller-vollig-versunken-in-seine-arbeit-nicht-stellt-theorien-sind-das-gebiet-derer-die-nicht-handeln 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ea-bucchianeri/quote/editors-can-be-stupid-at-times-they-just-ignore-that-authors-intention-i-always-try-to-read-unabridged-editions-so-much-is-lost-with-cut-versions-of-classic-literature-even-movies-dont-make-s 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kate-morton/quote/no-two-people-will-ever-see-or-feel-things-in-the-same-way-merry-the-challenge-is-to-be-truthful-when-you-write-dont-approximate-dont-settle-for-the-easiest-combination-of-words-go-searching- 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ilsa-j-bick/quote/my-english-teacher-said-that-a-writer-is-the-worst-judge-of-his-own-work 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/george-orwell/quote/i-do-not-think-one-can-assess-a-writers-motives-without-knowing-something-of-his-early-development-his-subject-matter-will-be-determined-by-the-age-he-lives-in-but-before-he-ever-begins-to-wr 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/renee-miller/quote/im-100-certain-of-the-quality-of-story-im-writing-until-i-finish-the-outline-and-actually-begin-to-write-at-this-point-im-100-certain-the-story-sucks-and-i-will-never-show-it-to-another-livin 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/chris-dee/quote/the-principles-of-storytelling-do-not-change-going-home-coming-of-age-sin-and-redemption-the-hero-the-journey-the-power-of-love-they-are-hardwired-into-us-just-like-our-taste-buds-process-swe 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mary-ohara/quote/sooner-or-later-every-writer-evolves-his-own-definition-of-a-storymine-is-a-reflection-of-life-plus-beginning-and-end-life-seems-not-to-have-either-and-a-meaning 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/george-gordon-byron/quote/i-will-keep-no-further-journal-of-that-same-hesternal-torchlight-and-to-prevent-me-from-returning-like-a-dog-to-the-vomit-of-memory-i-tear-out-the-remaining-leaves-of-this-volume 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/martin-cosgrove/quote/for-the-length-of-time-it-takes-to-write-a-book-you-need-to-believe-that-youre-the-only-writer-in-existence-the-only-one-who-matters-you-need-to-shut-yourself-away-and-allow-the-creativity-to 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nick-harkaway/quote/another-important-consequence-in-the-arrival-of-digital-technology-and-its-facilitation-of-feedback-is-that-we-can-look-at-large-systems-and-recognize-them-once-more-not-only-as-part-of-ourse 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/william-s-wilson/quote/you-might-say-as-you-tirelessly-said-of-my-stories-at-least-of-the-adjectives-that-i-should-render-the-evidence-not-render-the-verdict-conveyance-the-story-i-would-not-want-bill-wilson-to-rea 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/helene-cixous/quote/and-why-dont-you-write-write-writing-is-for-you-you-are-for-you-your-body-is-yours-take-it-i-know-why-you-havent-written-and-why-i-didnt-write-before-the-age-of-twenty-seven-because-writing-i 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/wendy-cope/quote/write-to-amuse-what-an-appalling-suggestion-i-write-to-make-people-anxious-and-miserable-and-to-worsen-their-indigestion 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abby-slovin/quote/fact-is-just-fiction-with-different-storytellers 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jenny-hubbard/quote/you-have-to-stop-and-freeze-the-moment-he-told-me-i-had-told-her-you-have-to-make-yourself-remember-by-repeating-it-in-your-head-over-and-over-you-have-to-write-to-preserve-your-sanity 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-dickens/quote/it-is-the-fate-of-most-men-who-mingle-with-the-world-and-attain-even-the-prime-of-life-to-make-many-real-friends-and-lose-them-in-the-course-of-nature-it-is-the-fate-of-all-authors-or-chronic 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/howard-mittelmark/quote/overuse-at-best-is-needless-clutter-at-worst-it-creates-the-impression-that-the-characters-are-overacting-emoting-like-silent-film-stars-still-an-adverb-can-be-exactly-what-a-sentence-needs-t 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alan-marshall/quote/if-a-bloke-gave-you-a-hundred-quid-for-a-book-you-can-bet-your-life-its-his-way-but-if-all-the-poor-and-suffering-people-raise-their-hats-to-you-for-writing-it-thats-different-it-makes-it-wor 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/james-scott-bell/quote/if-you-can-write-each-day-do-it-and-meet-a-quota-minimum-350-words-a-day-a-baboon-can-do-350-words-a-day-dont-be-shown-up-by-a-baboon 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/francois-mauriac/quote/i-write-whenever-it-suits-me-during-a-creative-period-i-write-every-day-a-novel-should-not-be-interrupted 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/neil-gaiman/quote/the-irritating-question-they-ask-us-us-being-writers-is-where-do-you-get-your-ideas 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ll-barkat/quote/writing-starts-with-living 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/salman-rushdie/quote/until-you-know-who-you-are-you-cant-write 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thornton-wilder/quote/it-was-full-of-wounding-remarks-rather-brilliantly-said-perhaps-said-for-the-sheer-virtuosity-of-giving-pain-neatly-each-of-its-phrases-found-its-way-through-the-eyes-of-the-marquesa-then-car 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/zoe-marriott/quote/aside-from-wanting-to-write-cracking-good-books-that-turn-children-into-lifelong-readers-i-really-want-to-create-stories-that-enable-kids-to-look-at-the-world-around-them-to-see-it-for-what-i 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alan-watt/quote/our-job-as-writers-is-to-be-as-curious-as-a-child-to-see-things-for-the-first-time-and-to-never-assume-we-must-always-be-willing-to-surrender-our-idea-of-the-story-to-allow-the-larger-story-t 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-hardwick/quote/there-is-nothing-quite-like-this-novel-with-its-rage-and-ragings-its-discontent-and-angry-restlessness-wuthering-heights-is-a-virgins-story 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jeanette-winterson/quote/its-a-symbiotic-process-writing-what-i-am-makes-the-books-not-part-of-me-all-of-me-and-then-the-books-themselves-inform-the-sense-of-what-i-am-so-the-more-i-can-be-the-better-the-books-will-b 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-hardwick/quote/nevertheless-the-severance-is-rather-casual-and-it-drops-a-stain-on-our-admiration-of-nora-ibsen-has-put-the-leaving-of-her-children-on-the-same-moral-and-emotional-level-as-the-leaving-of-he 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-hardwick/quote/in-this-couple-defects-were-multiplied-as-if-by-a-dangerous-doubling-weakness-fed-upon-itself-without-a-counterstrength-and-they-were-trapped-defaults-mutually-committed-left-holes-everywhere 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-hardwick/quote/charlotte-bronte-had-thought-of-every-maneuver-for-circumventing-those-stony-obstructions-of-wives-who-would-not-remove-themselves 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-hardwick/quote/the-large-gaping-flaws-in-the-construction-of-the-stories-mad-wives-in-the-attic-strange-apparitions-in-belgium-are-a-representation-of-the-life-she-could-not-face-these-gothic-subterfuges-re 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/foz-meadows/quote/as-a-fantasist-i-well-understand-the-power-of-escapism-particularly-as-relates-to-romance-but-when-so-many-stories-aimed-at-the-same-audience-all-trumpet-the-same-message-and-lo-there-shall-b 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-hardwick/quote/the-swapping-is-interesting-this-practice-one-had-thought-confined-to-certain-earnest-americans-in-the-smaller-more-tedious-cities-to-those-wives-and-husbands-who-had-read-sex-manuals-and-rad 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/foz-meadows/quote/context-is-everything-in-both-narrative-and-real-life-and-while-the-accusation-is-never-that-these-creators-deliberately-set-out-to-discriminate-against-gay-and-female-characters-the-unavoida 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/but-in-the-wake-of-bullet-all-the-guys-wanted-to-know-was-hows-it-doing-hows-it-selling-how-to-tell-them-i-didnt-give-a-flying-fuck-how-it-was-doing-in-the-marketplace-that-what-i-cared-about 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/brenda-peterson/quote/if-we-can-write-or-sing-or-create-in-some-way-even-when-we-are-dealing-with-difficulties-or-pain-then-it-becomes-something-bigger-than-ourselves-and-often-beautiful 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-de-lint/quote/i-read-and-write-for-character-if-i-like-and-can-relate-to-the-characters-in-a-story-i-can-enjoy-any-kind-of-story-i-also-want-something-with-a-definitive-plot-you-know-beginning-middle-and-e 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/eleanor-hallowell-abbott/quote/now-everybody-who-knows-anything-at-all-knows-perfectly-well-that-even-a-business-letter-does-not-deserve-the-paper-on-which-it-is-written-unless-it-contains-at-least-one-significant-phrase-t 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ngaio-marsh/quote/please-dont-entertain-for-a-moment-the-utterly-mistaken-idea-that-there-is-no-drudgery-in-writing-there-is-a-great-deal-of-drudgery-in-even-the-most-inspired-the-most-noble-the-most-distingui 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/betsy-lerner/quote/but-i-also-believe-there-is-enormous-value-in-the-piece-of-writing-that-goes-no-further-than-the-one-person-for-whom-it-was-intended-that-no-combination-of-written-words-is-more-eloquent-than 2026-10-23T04:26:40+00:00 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