“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
“I feel like I'm dropping such a long way down again." "I seem to be dropping into a cold dark wet place, where no one's been before and noone can every follow. There's no future there; just a past that sometimes fools you into thinking it's the future. It's the most alone place you can ever be and, when you go there, you not only cease to exist in real life, you also cease to exist in their consciousness and in their memories.” ThinkingWayFeelsLongRealSometimesSeemsPastMemoriesDarkConsciousnessFoolColdReal LifeCeaseWetLong WayDroppingLong Way Down Author:John Marsden
“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
“Pale as ice you passed me by; I wondered what you really felt, And waited through the changing times, To see if you would one day melt. I thought that ice would melt with warmth, But there were thing I did not know: The sun can touch the outer layers But does not reach the deepest snow. Winter sometimes seems like years, Summer's sometimes far away, But winter always turns to summer, As surely as does night to day.” IfsKnowsYearsDoeSometimesSeemsNightTurnsFeltSunOne DaySummerWinterSnowIceWarmthLayersFar AwayPaleWinter Snow Author:John Marsden
