“ ....and on occasion I like to write in pencil, because I need to know that I can erase the words, even if I never do. Bruce Black
“ Loneliness of heartIn the still of the night my heart doth cry out, who can hear it for time is far spent. In the darkness in the shadow of the depth I find isolation and fear... M.I. Ghostwriter
“ This is the age, she explained to me once as we walked home from school, when we're the purest forms of ourselves we'll ever be. We haven't been complicated by everything yet. I want to keep a clear r… Jonathan Tropper
“ It's a way of clearing the palate. Kids come into the classroom with all this other stuff in their hands. If they write it down for 10 minutes they become much more available for whatever it is we wan… Joan Countryman
“ Of course, the diary helps me as well. 'That wasn't your position on July 7, 1991,' I'll remind Hugh an hour after we've had a fight. I'd have loved to rebut him sooner, but it takes awhile to look th… David Sedaris
“ Why, then, do I set before You an ordered account of so many things? it's certainly not through me that You know them. But I'm stirring up love for You in myself and in those who read this so that we… St. Augustine of Hippo
“ All I wanted was to live a life where I could be me, and be okay with that. I had no need for material possessions, money or even close friends with me on my journey. I never understood people very we… Charlotte Eriksson
“ Often as writers, we are surprised by what we learn about ourselves. It runs counter to what we’ve thought about who we are. But it is closer to the truth. Rob Bignell
“ I wrote. I wrote all the things I couldn’t say to him. I wrote about how much I believed in us. I wrote about how much I trusted God. I wrote that I was praying for him. I wrote down all the jokes I c… Kimberly Novosel
“ You can tell it any way you want, he said, you can be I or he or she or we or they or you and you won't be lying, though you might be telling two stories at once. China Mieville
“ All night, after the exhausting games of canasta, we would look over the immense sea, full of white-flecked and green reflections, the two of us leaning side by side on the railing, each of us far awa… Ernesto Che Guevara
“ We dig holes for ourselves, of comfortable living, and it’s hard to see just how deep down you are until you suddenly want to take a look at the world up there, some fresh airand realise you can’t get… Charlotte Eriksson
“ The true purpose of illustrated journaling [is] to celebrate your life. No matter how small or mundane or redundant, each drawing and little essay you write to commemorate an event or an object or a p… Danny Gregory
“ The pages afforded glimpses into my soul where I'd hidden it, behind masks of paper and ink. Rachel L. Schade
