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“To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing.”

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Natalie Goldberg is an American author recognized for her work at the intersection of Zen Buddhism and creative writing. Born in 1948, she has authored several books that delve into the fusion of mindfulness and writing, with 'Writing Down the Bones' being particularly influential. more

“Toad, with no one to check his statements or to criticize in an unfriendly spirit, rather let himself go. Indeed, much that he related belonged more properly to the category of what-might-have-happened-had-I-only-thought-of-it-in-time-instead-of-ten-minutes-afterwards. Those are always the best and raciest adventures; and why should they not be truly ours, as much as the somewhat inadequate things that really come off?”

Should Might Spirit Happened Minutes Adventure Ten Checks Statements Related Criticize Categories Inadequate Toads Unfriendly

Book:The wind in the willows

Source: The wind in the willows

“Read the great stuff, but read the stuff that isn't so great, too. Great stuff is very discouraging. If you read only Beckett and Chekhov, you'll go away and only deliver telegrams for Western Union.”

Ifs Stuff Unions Western Going Away Discouraging Beckett Chekhov Telegrams

Author:Edward Albee

“Not that it was beautiful, but that, in the end, there was a certain sense of order there; something worth learning in that narrow diary of my mind”

Mind Ends Beautiful Certain Order Diaries Of My Mind

Book:Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

Source: Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

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