“There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and "live" with the characters.” NeedsCharacterStoriesSeemsMy OwnSpaceOrdinaryEverydayAbandonTake MeEveryday LifeRetreatTime And SpaceOrdinary Life Author:Margaret Mahy
“I bought abandon dearAnd sold all piety for pleasure.My own free spirit I have followed,And never will I give up lust.” GivingSpiritMy OwnPleasureGiving UpLustAbandonPietyFree Spirit Author:Abu Nuwas
“If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America.” IfsWellsPersonsI CanBodyAmericaThreeNamesMy OwnFailingHundredMy FamilyInstitutionsBelovedAbandonPerplexity Author:John James Audubon
“If I can get out of the way, if I can be pure enough, if I can be selfless enough, and if I can be generous and loving and caring enough to abandon what I have in my own preconceived silly notions of what I think I am - and become truly who in fact I am, which is really just another child of God - then the music can really use me. And therein lies my fulfillment. That's when the music starts to happen.” IfsThinkingWayChildrenI CanEnoughFactsUseHappensLyingMy OwnPureNotionGuitarCaringSillyFulfillmentGenerousAbandonSelflessChild Of GodUsing MeCaring Enough Author:John McLaughlin