“Light is important to us humans. It influences our moods, our perceptions, our energy levels. A face glimpsed among trees, dappled by the shadows and the green-tinged light reflected from the forest, will seem quite different to the same face seen on a beach in hard, dry, sunlight, or in a darkening room at twilight, with the shadows of a venetian blind striped across it like a convict’s uniform.” HumansImportantDifferentHardLightSeemsFacesEnergyLevelsRoomsTreeInfluencePerceptionShadowBlindGreenMoodForestsBeachDryTwilightSunlightUniformsConvictsEnergy LevelsDarkeningSame Face Book:Everything I Know About Writing Source: Everything I Know About Writing
“Writing is not a job or activity. Nor do I sit at a desk writing for inspiration to strike. Writing is like a different kind of existence. In my life, for some of the time, I am in an alternative world, which I enter through day-dreaming or imagination. That world seems as real to me as the more tangible one of relationships and work, cars and taxes. I don't know that they're much different from each other.” KnowsWorldWritingKindDifferentRealDreamInspirationSeemsJobsImaginationExistenceCarActivityTaxesStrikesAlternativesDifferent KindsDesksTangible Author:John Marsden
“So I found myself telling my own stories. It was strange: as I did it I realised how much we get shaped by our stories. It's like the stories of our lives make us the people we are. If someone had no stories, they wouldn't be human, wouldn't exist. And if my stories had been different I wouldn't be the person I am.” PeopleIfsHumansPersonsDifferentStoriesFoundMy OwnOur LivesStrangeRealised Book:The Night is for Hunting Source: The Night is for Hunting
“It seems like suffering's the only time we can see what's essential. If peace ever comes back I'm making a vow: I'll design myself special glasses. They'll block out whether people are fat or thin or beautiful or weird-looking, whether they have pimples or birthmarks or different coloured skin. They'll do everything suffering's done for us, but without the pain. I'm going to wear those glasses for the rest of my life.” PeopleIfsDifferentDoneSeemsPainBeautifulSufferingSpecialDesignEssentialsSkinsGlassesFatsBlockOnly TimeVowPimplesBirthmarks Book:The Night is for Hunting Source: The Night is for Hunting
“I knew I was breaking about a dozen laws but I guess I had different attitudes to stuff like that since the war. Laws were for the stupid the immature the irresponsible. The inflexible and the narrow-minded. The prejudiced. The obsessive. The lazy and careless and selfish and spoilt. The violent.” DifferentWarLawStuffAttitudeStupidSelfishViolentLazyDozenFlexibleCarelessIrresponsibleObsessiveImmatureNarrow-mindedSpoiltDifferent Attitude Book:While I Live: The Ellie Chronicles 1: The Ellie Chronicles Source: While I Live: The Ellie Chronicles 1: The Ellie Chronicles
