One Bagatelle, and I’ll raise you a novel, ” Megan had tweeted back.“ Writing for tea? Now that would have been a solution for the British empire, ” Laura returned.“ Writing for me, ” Megan had typed.“ I’ll write you a tea fortune.”“ No deal. I want a novel. September sounds good. L.L. Barkat
Damn you, spoilt creature; I shan’t make you love me any the more by giving myself away like this.
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Vita Sackvillewest
When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
I remember when your name was just another name that rolled without thought off my tongue. Now, I can’t look at your name without an abundance of sentiment attached to each lettter. Your name, which I played with so carelessly, so easily, has somehow become...
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Coco J. Ginger
When Great Trees FallWhen great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker downin tall grasses, and even elephantslumber after safety. When great trees fallin forests, small things recoil into silence, their senseseroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomeslight,...
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Maya Angelou
I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Unknown
More Quotes By L.L. Barkat
Writing starts with living.– Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing
We will need to find people who will provide a safe writing space for us, where criticism comes late and love and delight come early.–from Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing
Writing starts with living.
This is what Laura loved about literature. You could see things in it that perhaps weren’t there, but might be. And even that didn’t matter if, in the end, readers needed something to be there. They could bring their somethings to a text, as co-creators,...
