“Whether we are writing fiction or nonfiction, journaling or writing for publication, writing itself is an inherently therapeutic activity. Simply to line up words one after another upon a page is to create some order where it did not exist, to give a recognizable shape to the chaos of our lives. Writing cannot bring our loved ones back, but it can sometimes fix them in our fleeting memories a s they were in life, and it can always help us make it through the night.” DeathTherapyMourningJournaling Author:Lee Smith
“People can act so nice, bringing you food and all, but in the end they are nothing but buzzards. Waiting to pick your bones.” TragedyMourningFuneralsDeath And SicknessOn Agate Hill Book:On Agate Hill Source: On Agate Hill
“Myself I love a thunderstorm better than anything. Sometimes I will run to the top of the hill to whirl around and around on my Indian Rock in the wind, it is like a dance I can not stop. The smell of the lightning goes into your nose and down your whole body. Old Bess says if you get hit by lightning yet live you will have special powers, well I could use some of those. So I don't care if I get hit or not.” LightningThunderstorms Book:On Agate Hill Source: On Agate Hill
“God may forgive you if He chooses, but not I. Au revoir.” ForgivenessSnarky RemarksOn Agate HillMariah Rutherford Snow Book:On Agate Hill Source: On Agate Hill
“Somebody once said that there are only two plots in fiction. The first is, somebody takes a trip (The Iliad, The Odyssey, Don Quixote, Huckleberry Finn, Heart of Darkness). The second one is, a stranger comes to town (Absalom Absalom; The Great Gatsby; The Glass Menagerie). If you think about it, this is absolutely true.” WritingFictionPlot Suggestions Author:Lee Smith
“I want to be Tragedy, I want to be Juliet, I want to be Romeo. Thus with a kiss I die.” YouthRomeo And JulietFeeling AliveFeel EverythingOn Agate Hill Book:On Agate Hill Source: On Agate Hill
“If Strength comes through Suffering, why then I should be the strongest of all women, yet I am the weakest. God help me. Help me.” StrengthStrugglesWomen S StrengthCalling On GodMariah Rutherford SnowOn Ag Book:On Agate Hill Source: On Agate Hill