Tagged: quote of the week

“Write hard and clear about what hurts.” -Ernest Hemingway 

“What doesn’t kill us gives us something new to write about.” -Julie Wright 

“As a reader, I don’t feel a story has an obligation to make me happy. I want stories to show me a bigger world than the one I know.”  -John Green

“I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.” -John Steinbeck 

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”  -Thomas Merton 

“It was nice — in the dark and the quiet… and her eyes looking back, like there was something in me worth seeing.” -Paper Towns, by John Green

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being, not just with my hands but with my heart.” -Shatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi

“We’re all damaged in our own way. Nobody’s perfect. I think we are all somewhat screwy, every single one of us.” -Johnny Depp

“No matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid.” -Lupita Nyong’o

“Don’t compare your beginning to someone else’s middle.” -Jon Acuff