“Discipline allows magic. To be a writer is to be the very best of assassins. You do not sit down and write every day to force the Muse to show up. You get into the habit of writing every day so that when she shows up, you have the maximum chance of catching her, bashing her on the head, and squeezing every last drop out of that bitch.”
― Lili St. Crow
“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
–William Shakespeare
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“Imbolc is the turning point, the first stirrings of light after the dark months of winter. It is the promise of spring, the warmth of the hearth, and the awakening of the earth beneath the frost, as we honor the Goddess who brings light to our hearts and renewal to our spirits.”
–Gwyneth Jones
“It’s only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly… You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.”
— Ram Dass
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
–Pablo Picasso
It begins with a character, all I can do is trot along behind him trying to put down what he says and does.”
–William Faulkner
“Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you.”
— Salvador Dalí
“But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make myself.”
– Shel Silverstein
“For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.”
–J. M. Barrie
“A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down.”
-Edna St. Vincent Millay