Un libro, como un viaje, se comienza con inquietud y se termina con melancolía. A book, as a journey, it begins with ends with concern and sadness. José Vasconcelos, Filósofo, educador y político mexicano.
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quotes that inspire
Ruben Darío, el libro es…
El libro es fuerza, es valor, es fuerza, es alimento; antorcha del pensamiento y manantial del amor. The book’s strength, courage, strength, food, torch of thought and the source of love. Ruben Darío, poeta y periodista nicaragüense
Charles W. Eliot and books as friends
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. Charles W. Eliot More on Charles W. Eliot: Bio
William Styron on a good book…
A good book should leave you… slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. Un buen libro debe dejarte… un poco exhausto al final. Vives varias vidas mientras lees. William Styron in an interview 1958, Writers at Work. Related stories: William Styron, The Art of Fiction No. 5 from The Paris Review
La escritura llega con el viento… / Writing comes with the wind…
Marguerite Duras Her English Bio “La escritura llega con el viento, está desnuda, es la tinta, es lo escrito, y pasa como nada pasa en la vida, nada, excepto eso, la vida.” “Writing comes like the wind. It’s naked, it’s made of ink, it’s the thing written, and it passes like nothing else passes… Continue reading La escritura llega con el viento… / Writing comes with the wind…
Invisible ink / Tinta invisible
The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible. ~Vladimir Nabokov Clamoring, clamoring over and over again. Echoed in the thoughts that become vivid pictures in the mind. In this lair they reign. Pen in hand, notebook wide open.… Continue reading Invisible ink / Tinta invisible
Teaser Tuesday: A game of thrones
My teasers for this Tuesday, and I’ve been driving my husband crazy with this book for which I’ve put aside my writing. Really, just for a while, I devoured it while I was in bed taking care of my little one who was sick. Better than watching Discovery kids! Ok, back to this book which… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday: A game of thrones
It is necessary to write… / Es necesario escribir…
It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? For the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone. That is where the writer scores over his fellows: he catches the changes… Continue reading It is necessary to write… / Es necesario escribir…
A quote from Samuel Butler
“Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such. ~Samuel Butler“ Quote taken from The Quote Garden This are the words that best explain my thoughts on writing a story or book. Samuel Butler hit the head of the nail… Continue reading A quote from Samuel Butler
You must stay drunk…
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ~Ray Bradbury” (quote from Quote Garden). A few days back a good friend, whom I respect and sharish her opinion, wrote to me to not forget to come back to reality know and then. As a fiction writer my head is always returning to… Continue reading You must stay drunk…