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Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm

Book by Jeanne Marie Laskas · 4 quotes · Inward, Thinking, Balloons

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“But the writing life, it turned out, was difficult. It wasn't like you could sit down and flip a switch and crank on the ventilation system. Sometimes it didn't work, and sometimes you couldn't even find the switch.”

“I wanted to go to a place where I could think, really sink into my own imagination, or ride it, or drift along it, as in a balloon. The kind of place that probably all writers crave. The kind of place where the outside world is still and quiet and you get a chance to listen, to peer, to go inward”