We all give up great expectations along the way.
For every time we regret keeping still, there are about ten times we regret speaking up.
Whether a character in your novel is full of choler, bile, phlegm, blood or plain old buffalo chips, the fire of life is in there, too, as long as that character lives.
Probably the most honest "self-made person" ever was the one we heard say: "I got to the top the hard way - fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way. "
We pick bygone time up by the handfuls and, like clay, see if it feels right and then form it into stories about the past.
If there is a rumor in the air about you, you'd better treat it as you would a wasp: either ignore it or kill it with the first blow. Anything else will just stir it up.
To read Lucia St. Clair Robson is to learn while being thoroughly entertained. Last Train from Cuernavaca puts us through the tragic violence and political treachery of the Mexican Revolution and its consequences so intimately that we feel hunger, lust, thirst, grief, and saddle sores, and admire anew the awesome durability and courage of the people of Mexico-- especially the women.
Josh pulls me aside. "Hey, About before, I just. . . I wanted to say. . . well, I think you're pretty special. " He says, kind of stumbling over the words a little. Like he's hesitant to say them, now i wish he'd hug me again. And then kiss me. But he doesn't. He just waves and walks off. I sigh. "Hannah, I just. . . I want you to know if I pause alot when I tell you how special you are I want you to think that I'm. . . very. . . very. . . deep," Finn says
I don't really ever live my life in fear. I really live my life in gratitude and feeling positive for the most part.
Social standing does not necessarily translate to social acceptance.
I think when it comes to the issues, I'd advise him to stick to the script. But, I mean, Donald Trump is going to have some very tough conversations and he's going to be talking about some very tough and complicated issues in all of the places that he visits. I think anytime a president does things that are humanizing, I think it's - it's good.