“He had always kept a journal. When he was a young man, in a village outside Rotherham in Yorkshire, he had written a daily examination of his conscience...In the days of the butchery, his journal was full of his desire to be a great man, and his self-castigation... he was a good Latin teacher... a good supervisor... but he was not using his unique gifts, whatever they were, he was *going* nowhere, and he meant to go far. He could not read the circular and painful journals now, with their cries of suffocation and their self-condemnatory periods, but he had them in a bank, for they were part of a record, of an accurate record, of the development of the mind and character of William Adamson, who still meant to be a great man.
(-Morpho Eugenia, Angels and Insects)”
Source: Angels and Insects
“In our notebooks , we press our past selves between the pages like diaphanous flowers, so that we can look back and remember who we used to be.”
Source: Little Stories of Your Life: Find Your Voice, Share Your World and Tell Your Story
“The journal preserved her dignity; she might look and behave like and live the life of a trained nurse, but she was really an important writer in disguise. And at a time when she was cut off from everything she knew - family, home, friends - writing was the thread of continuity. It was what she had always done.”
Source: Atonement
“And so, here is Rapa’s book, my tribute to her, my one true friend, my love.”
Source: Inga
“He had always kept a journal. When he was a young man, in a village outside Rotherham in Yorkshire, he had written a daily examination of his conscience...In the days of the butchery, his journal was full of his desire to be a great man, and his self-castigation... he was a good Latin teacher... a good supervisor... but he was not using his unique gifts, whatever they were, he was *going* nowhere, and he meant to go far. He could not read the circular and painful journals now, with their cries of suffocation and their self-condemnatory periods, but he had them in a bank, for they were part of a record, of an accurate record, of the development of the mind and character of William Adamson, who still meant to be a great man.
(-Angels & Insects: Morpho Eugenia)”
“The past is not the present, so let your future live”
Source: Your Pocket Coach - 25 Powerful Reminders
“Document your dreams.
Sketch that shape you saw.
Write those lyrics before they fade out.”
Source: The Oneironaut’s Diary
“Until you begin to write, then you will see the beauty of writing.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“You will have the grace of writing, when you boldly begin to write your first sentences.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“Writing journal is for those people who find no interest in living a life of victimhood and limited personal freedom.”
Source: Self-Ignorance Is Your Problem. Self-Awareness Is Your Solution.: Success Is Your Birthright! Life Is Yours and You Are the Pilot of It, Do Something about It.