“Once upon a time, began the story of you.Many perilous, wonderful, harrowing, brilliant, delightful, profound things happened.And yet—the most exciting twists and best turns are yet to come. And it absolutely does not matter how old or young you are.Like a bright carpet of wonders, enjoy the unrolling of your story.” DoeMatterStoriesYoungTurnsEnjoyWonderWonderfulHappenedExcitingProfoundBrilliantThings HappenDelightfulTwistsCarpetOnce Upon A Time Author:Vera Nazarian
“It is life that fights and struggles and rages; life, that tears at you in its last agonizing throes to hold on, even if but for one futile instant longer... Whereas I, I come softly when it is all done. Pain and death are an ordered sequence, not a parallel pair. So easy to confuse the correlations, not realizing that one does not bring the other.” IfsDoeDonePainLastsFightingEasyRealizingStruggleTearsRageInstantPairsSequenceParallelsCorrelationAgonizing Author:Vera Nazarian
“It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world.We all save it every day, and we all destroy it -- in our own small ways -- by every choice we make and every tiniest action resulting from that choice.The next time you feel useless and impotent, remember what you are in fact doing in this very moment. And then observe your tiny, seemingly meaningless acts and choices coalesce and cascade together into a powerful positive whole.The world -- if it could -- will thank you for it.And if it does not... well, a true heroine or hero does not require it.” IfsWorldWayFeelsWellsDoeWholeMomentsFactsActionTogetherRememberChoicesNextPowerfulHeroTinyUselessMeaninglessNext TimeSave The WorldHeroinesPowerlessnessCascadeTrue Hero Author:Vera Nazarian
“The satisfaction of short fiction does not come close to the rich pleasure I get as a writer in the long deep immersion in the same long work and its growing complexity. I suppose you might say I love to wallow in my characters and imaginary worlds. I love to play with the whole necklace, not just one glittering stone.” WorldLongDoePlayWholeCharacterMightPleasureFictionRichGrowingStonesSatisfactionComplexityJust OneImaginaryNecklacesImmersionImaginary WorldLong Deep Author:Vera Nazarian
“I am sure that inspiration will strike multiple times - it always does.” DoeInspirationStrikesMultiple Author:Vera Nazarian
“Responsibility and Trust -- these two are like Yin and Yang, together perfectly complete, and each one requiring the presence of the other. The next time you mistrust someone, consider this -- does that person feel responsible for you in any way? If the answer is yes, then go ahead and trust them. Very likely, they are looking out for your best interest.” IfsWayFeelsPersonsDoeTwoTogetherNextInterestAnswersResponsibilityResponsibleNext TimeMistrustYangYin And Yang Author:Vera Nazarian
“Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other.” FirstsDoeMatterHelpingGuiltGet Up Author:Vera Nazarian
“I've just been bitten on the neck by a vampire... mosquito. Does that mean that when the night comes I will rise and be annoying?” MeanDoeNightVampireNecksAnnoyingMosquitoes Author:Vera Nazarian
“A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip.” FirstsPersonsDoeMovingReturnCirclesTargetGossipMoving InBoomerangReturn Back Author:Vera Nazarian
“Why does every road eventually narrow into a point at the horizon? Because that's where the point lies.” DoeLyingHorizon Author:Vera Nazarian
