“But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy, and making the best decisions you can on behalf of your people. It’s a slow process. It often feels hopeless, more like an affliction than an art form. Most of us will have to find our readers one by one, in other words, and against considerable resistance. If anything qualifies us as heroic, it’s that private perpetual struggle. Put down the magazine, soldier. Forget about the other guy. Remember who you are.” PeopleIfsFeelsWritingArtRealRememberFormGuyProcessDecisionForgetStruggleReaderMercyWho You AreSoldierReal LifeResistanceMagazinesHopelessHeroicPerpetualAfflictionBehalfOther GuysKeyboardsShowing UpRemember Who You Are Author:Steve Almond
“Every one and every single time is different, and I didn't have C-sections, which I don't know if that's lucky or unlucky, but I was able to feel every contraction. You forget what it feels like. God's got a great way of making women forget what it's like because we would never go through it again.” IfsKnowsWayFeelsDifferentAbleForgetLuckySectionsUnluckyContractions Author:Monica Potter
“There are always moments of despair when you get close to jobs and lose them at the last second. It feels like getting punched in the stomach. You feel like, 'Why do I do this?' Then you go to bed, get up the next day and forget about it.” FeelsMomentsJobsLastsNextLosesForgetBedDespairGet UpStomachNext Day Author:Ricky Schroder
“People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them. They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” PeopleFeelsMayMadeSaidForgetViewsEmotionNever ForgetDisturbed Author:Frederick Buechner
“There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels as if all one does is wrong, and there maybe some truth in it- do you think this is a feeling one must try to forget and to banish, or is it 'the longing for God,' which one must not fear, but cherish to see if it may bring us some good? Is it 'the longing for God' which leads us to make a choice which we never regret? Let us keep courage and try to be patient and gentle. And not mind being eccentric, and make distinction between good and evil.” IfsThinkingFeelsTryingMindMayDoeFeelingsChoicesEvilForgetRegretLongingTiredPatientGentleDistinctionGood And EvilCherishBe PatientEccentricNever RegretLonging For God Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“When I look at nature I feel as if I'll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as well forget it once you're working.” IfsFeelsWellsLooksMightAbleNatureForgetDown AndNotesPaintForget It Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters
“I do what I can to convey what I experience before nature and most often, in order to succeed in conveying what I feel, I totally forget the most elementary rules of painting, if they exist that is.” IfsFeelsI CanOrderForgetPaintingSucceedConveyingOrder To Succeed Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters
“I feel they should be discussed informally, truthfully, honestly, and in some cases, I think, without forgetting ... long-term vision. They should be practical.” ThinkingFeelsShouldLongTermForgetVisionCasesHonestlyPracticalsLong Term Author:Dalai Lama