“The God content of the past no longer sustains the contemporary spirit. We sense that our only hope is to journey past those definitions of a God who is external, supernatural, and invasive, which previously defined our belief. We must discover whether or not the death of the God we worshiped yesterday is the same thing as the death of God.” PastSpiritBeliefJourneyDefinitionsYesterdayContemporaryDefined Author:John Shelby Spong
“The Beatles defined their own sense of values and honor. They took stances without ever being politically correct. And they did it all with incredible humor... I honestly think that there are certain things in life that help people understand themselves. I think the Beatles are one of those things. They resonate the journey of true selfhood, really.” PeopleThinkingHelpingCertainValuesJourneyHonorIncrediblesHonestlyDefinedThings In LifeTrue SelfStancePolitically Correct Author:Sophie B. Hawkins
“'ve always defined a truly alluring story as a journey we're not equipped to take ourselves with a person we're tempted but afraid to emulate. Impostor narratives are exactly that. When they end in disaster, as Clark's did, or as Gatsby's did, we can congratulate ourselves for our own wisdom. We can also experience, safely, at no cost, the terrible thrill of radical self-invention, of trading who we are for who we might be.” PersonsEndsSelfStoriesMightJourneyTerribleCostDisasterInventionDefinedRadicalNarrativeWho We AreThrillTradingTemptedEmulateAlluring Author:Walter Kirn
“The process of writing a novel is like taking a journey by boat. You have to continually set yourself on course. If you get distracted or allow yourself to drift, you will never make it to the destination. It's not like highly defined train tracks or a highway; this is a path that you are creating discovering. The journey is your narrative. Keep to it and there will be a tale told.” IfsWritingCoursesProcessNovelPathJourneyCreatingTrainTrackTalesBoatDefinedNarrativeDestinationDiscoveringHighwaysDistractedTrain Tracks Book:This Year You Write Your Novel Source: This Year You Write Your Novel