The Courage to Follow

"Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads."

~ Erica Jong

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Radiant

"I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun."

~ Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games

Source: Goodreads > The Hunger Games > Quotes from The Hunger Games

The Magic of Translating Words...

"Almost seventy years later I remember clearly how the magic of translating words in books into images enriched my life, breaking the barriers of time and space..."

~ Mario Vargas Llosa

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 28 March 2014

Willingness to Wrestle

"Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing."

~ August Wilson

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Sunday, 27 April 2014

Nicer Than New Bread

"I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea."

~ Dodie Smith

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 3 May 2014

Nobility in the Struggle

"There is nobility in the struggle, you don't have to win."

~ Sharon Pollock

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 19 April 2014

Your Labor is Not in Vain

"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."

~ Paul

Source: The King James Bible > I Corinthians 15:57-58