Sylvia Plath  - Quotes

 Life was not to be sitting in hot amorphic leisure in my backyard idly writing or not writing, as the spirit moved me. It was, instead, running madly, in a crowded schedule, in a squirrel cage of busy people. Working, living, dancing, dreaming, talking, kissing- singing, laughing, learning. 

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Beatrix Potter  - Quotes

 All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest. 

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Henry David Thoreau  - Quotes

 For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms, and did my duty faithfully, though I never received one cent for it.  

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May Sarton  - Quotes

 For any writer who wants to keep a journal, be alive to everything, not just to what you're feeling, but also to your pets, to flowers, to what you're reading. 

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Dodie Smith  - Quotes

 I should rather like to tear these last pages out of the book. Shall I? No-a journal ought not to cheat. 

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