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Gail Godwin Quotes

Life is a disease Picture Quote #1

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre Picture Quote #1

The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can’t congeal: There is a forward motion to yearning Picture Quote #1

Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever Picture Quote #1

Hope does not necessarily have to take an object Picture Quote #1

Good teaching is one fourth preparation and three fourths pure theatre Picture Quote #1

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I read constantly. If I don’t have a good book, I’m beside myself Picture Quote #1

Much of the activity we think of as writing is, actually, getting ready to write Picture Quote #1

Negative people present us with an accelereted personal growth opportunity Picture Quote #1

Actors between plays are like ghosts looking for bodies to inhabit Picture Quote #1

Dreams say what they mean, but they don’t say it in daytime language Picture Quote #1

The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers Picture Quote #1

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If there is such a thing as sin in this world, I think it must be shutting oneself up against hope Picture Quote #1

There are two kinds of people. One kind, you can just tell by looking at them at what point they congealed into their final selves. It might be a very nice self, but you know you can expect no more surprises from it. Whereas, the other kind keep moving, changing... They are fluid. They keep moving forward and making new trysts with life, and the motion of it keeps them young. In my opinion, they are the only people who are still alive. You must be constantly on your guard against congealing Picture Quote #1

None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime Picture Quote #1

One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are Picture Quote #1

The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it Picture Quote #1

Heroics are not easily had for the young in our times. Perhaps that is why they go to such extremes to create their own dangers Picture Quote #1

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The more you respect and focus on the singular and the strange, the more you become aware of the universal and infinite Picture Quote #1

I believe that with enough practice and good faith, you can learn to recognize when the work is achieved Picture Quote #1

I work continuously within the shadow of failure. For every novel that makes it to my publisher’s desk, there are at least five or six that died on the way. And even with the ones I do finish, I think of all the ways they might have been better Picture Quote #1

How easy it was to make people happy, when you didn’t want or need anything from them Picture Quote #1

Who wanted to creep along in comfort when there was one chance in a thousand of flying? Picture Quote #1

What did a few ripples in the flesh matter when, all too soon, now or later, that flesh would be making its return journey to dust? Picture Quote #1

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I believe that dreams transport us through the underside of our days, and that if we wish to become acquainted with the dark side of what we are, the signposts are there, waiting for us to translate them Picture Quote #1

You’re supposed to get tired planting bulbs. But it’s an agreeable tiredness Picture Quote #1

The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can’t congeal: There is a forward motion to yearning Picture Quote #1

The characters that I create are parts of myself and I send them on little missions to find out what I don’t know yet Picture Quote #1

During the act of writing I have told myself something that I didn’t know I knew Picture Quote #1

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Life is a disease (Gail Godwin Quotes) Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre (Gail Godwin Quotes) The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can’t congeal: There is a forward motion to yearning. (Gail Godwin Quotes) Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever (Gail Godwin Quotes) Hope does not necessarily have to take an object (Gail Godwin Quotes) Good teaching is one fourth preparation and three fourths pure theatre (Gail Godwin Quotes) I read constantly. If I don’t have a good book, I’m beside myself (Gail Godwin Quotes) Much of the activity we think of as writing is, actually, getting ready to write (Gail Godwin Quotes) Negative people present us with an accelereted personal growth opportunity (Gail Godwin Quotes) Actors between plays are like ghosts looking for bodies to inhabit (Gail Godwin Quotes) Dreams say what they mean, but they don’t say it in daytime language (Gail Godwin Quotes) The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers (Gail Godwin Quotes) If there is such a thing as sin in this world, I think it must be shutting oneself up against hope (Gail Godwin Quotes) There are two kinds of people. One kind, you can just tell by looking at them at what point they congealed into their final selves. It might be a very nice self, but you know you can expect no more surprises from it. Whereas, the other kind keep moving, changing... They are fluid. They keep moving forward and making new trysts with life, and the motion of it keeps them young. In my opinion, they are the only people who are still alive. You must be constantly on your guard against congealing (Gail Godwin Quotes) None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime (Gail Godwin Quotes) One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are (Gail Godwin Quotes) The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it (Gail Godwin Quotes) Heroics are not easily had for the young in our times. Perhaps that is why they go to such extremes to create their own dangers (Gail Godwin Quotes) The more you respect and focus on the singular and the strange, the more you become aware of the universal and infinite (Gail Godwin Quotes) I believe that with enough practice and good faith, you can learn to recognize when the work is achieved (Gail Godwin Quotes) I work continuously within the shadow of failure. For every novel that makes it to my publisher’s desk, there are at least five or six that died on the way. And even with the ones I do finish, I think of all the ways they might have been better (Gail Godwin Quotes) How easy it was to make people happy, when you didn’t want or need anything from them (Gail Godwin Quotes) Who wanted to creep along in comfort when there was one chance in a thousand of flying? (Gail Godwin Quotes) What did a few ripples in the flesh matter when, all too soon, now or later, that flesh would be making its return journey to dust? (Gail Godwin Quotes) I believe that dreams transport us through the underside of our days, and that if we wish to become acquainted with the dark side of what we are, the signposts are there, waiting for us to translate them (Gail Godwin Quotes) You’re supposed to get tired planting bulbs. But it’s an agreeable tiredness (Gail Godwin Quotes) The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can’t congeal: There is a forward motion to yearning (Gail Godwin Quotes) The characters that I create are parts of myself and I send them on little missions to find out what I don’t know yet (Gail Godwin Quotes) During the act of writing I have told myself something that I didn’t know I knew (Gail Godwin Quotes)