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“I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.”

Fighting Imagine Quiet Peace And Quiet

Author:Wislawa Szymborska

“We imagine that if we had time we would quiet our more shallow selves and listen to a deeper flow of inspiration. Again, this is a myth that lets us off the hook - if I wait for enough time to listen, I don't have to listen now, I don't have to take responsibility for being available to what is trying to bubble up today.”

Source: The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life

“November wind has a sound different from any other. It is easy to imagine the cave of the winds in some mythical Northland where the winds are born and the gods send them out to conquer the quiet air.”

Different Easy Sound Born Imagine Air Wind Quiet Conquer Caves November

Author:Gladys Taber

“When I start a film, I can sort of shut my eyes, sit somewhere quiet and imagine the movie finished. I can imagine the camera angles, I can even imagine the type of music. Without knowing the tune, I can imagine the type of music it needs to be.”

Needs I Can Eye Film Knowing Imagine Type Quiet Cameras Finished Tunes Angle Camera Angles

Author:Peter Jackson

“... women are more quiet. They don't feel called to mount a barrel and harangue by the hour every time they imagine they have produced an idea.”

Feels Ideas Hours Imagine Quiet Barrels Oratory

Book:The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters

Source: The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters

“I can't imagine Revolution being quiet, unassuming, or bashful”

I Can Imagine Revolution Quiet Unassuming Bashful Being Quiet

Author:Immortal Technique

“Greatest generation came through some stuff that we can't even imagine - the Depression, World War I - and all they wanted after that was a breather and a calm and a quiet life, and they get us.”

World War Wanted Stuff Imagine Generations Quiet Calm War Of The Worlds World War I Quiet Life Greatest Generation

Author:P. J. O'Rourke

“I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”

Earth Imagine Sky Wind Quiet Rounds Breathing Grass Bells Slumber Benign Moths Hares Fluttering Sleepers

Author:Emily Bronte

“When you look into the faces of these quiet creatures who don't know how to tell stories--who are mute, who can't make themselves heard, who fade into the woodwork, who only think of the perfect answer after the fact, after they're back at home, who can never think of a story that anyone else will find interesting--is there not more depth and more meaning in them? You can see every letter of every untold story swimming on their faces, and all the signs of silence, dejection, and even defeat. You can even imagine your own face in those faces, can't you?”

Thinking Knows Looks Facts Stories Home Faces Answers Perfect Interesting Silence Know How Imagine Heard Quiet Creatures Letters Depth Defeat Swimming Fades Mute Untold Stories

Author:Orhan Pamuk

“wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”

Earth Imagine Quiet Slumber Benign Fluttering Sleepers Heathcliff

Author:Emily Bronte

“She had said she didn't feel fear, but it was a lie; this was her fear: being left alone. Because of one thing she was certain, and it was that she could never love, not like that. Trust a stranger with her flesh? The closeness, the quiet. She couldn't imagine it. Breathing someone else's breath as they breathed yours, touching someone, opening for them? The vulnerability of it made her flush. It would mean submission, letting down her guard, and she wouldn't. Ever. Just the thought made her feel small and weak as a child.”

Feels Mean Children Made Said Lying Certain Left Imagine One Thing Quiet Weak Breaths Stranger Flesh Opening Breathing Vulnerability Touching Submission Left Alone Closeness

Author:Laini Taylor