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Reading

“I don’t always, or even usually, read stories from beginning to end. I start anywhere and proceed in either direction. A story is not like a road to follow, it’s more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a while.” ~ Alice Munro

Posted byA Pondering MindDecember 10, 2022Posted inUncategorizedTags: Alice Munro, Author, books, Quotes, Reading, Writing12 Comments on Reading

I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place. ~Anne Tyler

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 1, 2021April 30, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags: Anne Tyler, Author, Novelist, Quotes, Read, Reading, Writer2 Comments on I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place. ~Anne Tyler

Writing Is A Solitary Business

Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s there, he’s not really there. ~Paul Auster

Posted byA Pondering MindApril 28, 2021April 27, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags: Author, Business, life, Novelist, Paul Auster, Quotes, Writer2 Comments on Writing Is A Solitary Business

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. ~Jack Kerouac

Posted byA Pondering MindApril 26, 2021April 25, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags: Author, Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac, Philosophy, Quotes, Words

A Good Friend

“A good friend is a connection to life – a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.” ~ Lois Wyse, Author ~ 1926 – 2007

Posted byA Pondering MindMarch 8, 2021March 7, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags: Author, Friends, Friendship, life, Lois Wyse, Quotes

The Four Conditions of Happiness ~ Albert Camus

“The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being, Freedom from ambition, Creation” ~Albert Camus

Posted byA Pondering MindJuly 10, 2018Posted inUncategorizedTags: Albert Camus, Ambition, Author, Creation, Freedom, happiness, life, Love, Quotes, Writer2 Comments on The Four Conditions of Happiness ~ Albert Camus

Publishing Is A Business – Nicholas Sparks

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 18, 2017May 18, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags: Art, Author, Business, Musings, Nicholas Sparks, Publishing, Quotes, Thoughts, Writing

Quote By George Orwell

“Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” Source: Quote By George Orwell

Posted byA Pondering MindMarch 5, 2016Posted inUncategorizedTags: Author, Freedom, George Orwell, people, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom, Writer7 Comments on Quote By George Orwell

Experience – Jack Kerouac

Source: http://wordables.com

Posted byA Pondering MindMarch 3, 2016March 3, 2016Posted inUncategorizedTags: Author, Beatniks, Experience, Jack Kerouac, Point of View, Quotes, Teacher, Thoughts, Travel, Wisdom, Writer

Quote From Kurt Vonnegut’s Book, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

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Posted byA Pondering MindFebruary 23, 2016February 23, 2016Posted inUncategorizedTags: Author, Babies, books, Earth, Humor, Kurt Vonnegut, Quotes, Summer, Thoughts, Winter, Wisdom, Writer2 Comments on Quote From Kurt Vonnegut’s Book, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

J.D. Salinger Quote On Reading A Book

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Posted byA Pondering MindFebruary 21, 2016February 21, 2016Posted inUncategorizedTags: Author, books, Friends, J.D. Salinger, Phones, Quotes, Reading, Thoughts, Wisdom, Writer2 Comments on J.D. Salinger Quote On Reading A Book

Sunday Afternoon Quote

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Posted byA Pondering MindJuly 12, 2015July 12, 2015Posted inUncategorizedTags: Age, Author, Gertrude Stein, Inside, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom2 Comments on Sunday Afternoon Quote

Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman – your alternative covers

Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman – your alternative covers http://gu.com/p/47at7

Posted byA Pondering MindApril 7, 2015April 7, 2015Posted inUncategorizedTags: Author, Book Covers, books, Harper Lee, The Guardian, Writer

Fail

Quote Source: Quotes Wave

Posted byA Pondering MindDecember 22, 2014December 22, 2014Posted inUncategorizedTags: Author, Fail, Novelist, Quotes, Samuel Beckett, Thoughts, Wisdom, Writer1 Comment on Fail

Life

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him. Harry Fosdick

Posted byA Pondering MindNovember 10, 2014Posted inUncategorizedTags: Age, Author, books, Harry Fosdick, Library, life, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom, Write1 Comment on Life

Revenge

Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold. Mario Puzo

Posted byA Pondering MindNovember 5, 2014Posted inUncategorizedTags: Author, Dish, Mario Puzo, Quotes, Revenge, Taste, Thoughts, Wisdom, Writer5 Comments on Revenge

Trouble

Posted byA Pondering MindAugust 23, 2014August 23, 2014Posted inUncategorizedTags: Author, Business, Folks, Quotes, Smallpox, Thoughts, Trouble, William S. Burroughs, Wisdom, World, Writer17 Comments on Trouble

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category. Source: tealdragon.net

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 18, 2014Posted inUncategorizedTags: Author, books, Dewey Decimal, Facts, Isaac Asimov, Knowledge, Writer2 Comments on Isaac Asimov

Power

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Posted byA Pondering MindFebruary 11, 2014February 11, 2014Posted inQuotationsTags: Activist, Alice Walker, Author, people, Poet, Power, Quotes, Thinking, Thoughts, Wisdom5 Comments on Power

Those who flow …..

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Posted byA Pondering MindFebruary 1, 2014February 1, 2014Posted inQuotationsTags: Author, Flows, Force, Lao Tzu, life, Philosopher, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom

Dreams

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Posted byA Pondering MindJanuary 27, 2014January 27, 2014Posted inQuotationsTags: Author, Dreams, Edgar Allan Poe, Moon, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom4 Comments on Dreams

To attain knowledge, ……

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Posted byA Pondering MindJanuary 1, 2014January 1, 2014Posted inQuotationsTags: Attain, Author, Knowledge, Lao Tzu, Philosopher, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom17 Comments on To attain knowledge, ……

People have to talk about something… – Kurt Vonnegut

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say. – Kurt Vonnegut

Posted byA Pondering MindJuly 6, 2013July 6, 2013Posted inUncategorizedTags: Author, Good, Keep, Kurt Vonnegut, people, Quotes, Thoughts, Voices, Working, Writer

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