Beadnell Quilted Quotes & Sayings

Creating something out of nothing means making something up. But when you make something out of something, you take things that are already there, like an emotion, and you turn it into a narrative. The nature of literature is not to invent things, but to articulate what is already there. When you read a good book you don't think that the author is making up lies, but you say, "Oh, yes, I know what he is talking about." The fact that you know this means that it isn't made up. — Etgar Keret

We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. - 1 John 4:16 — Gary Chapman

Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance. — Stanley Schmidt

but Odin had other plans. The huge figure pushed away from the only living thing in his world - a puny and twisted version of the Yggdrasill - and prepared to cross the Shadowrealms. — Michael Scott

I prepare myself very intensely. I am at the theatre four hours before the performance. It allows for complete concentration and preparation. — Natalia Makarova

Things that happen along the way determine the final result. I think the pain and suffering I went through in the past ... lead me here today. — Lee Dong-wook

How people's faces turned slightly upward when they stared at the sea, as if they were straining to see a trace of God or were hearing the silent humming of the universe; she would notice how, at the beach, people's faces became soft and wistful, reminding her of the expressions on the faces of the sweet old dogs that roamed the streets of Bombay. As if they were all sniffing the salty air for transcendence, for something that would allow them to escape the familiar prisons of their own skin. — Thrity Umrigar

I believe that reading widely is the best preparation for writing. — Kathryn Lasky

By the time Seth had finished the phone call he was on when he was notified of Grace's arrival, shrugged back into the jacket he'd removed as a concession to the heat and made his way into the bull pen, Carter's desk was completely surrounded. He heard a low,throaty female laugh rise out of the center of the crowd.
And saw a half dozen of his best men panting like puppies over a meaty bone.
The woman, he decided, was going to be an enormous headache.
I see all cases have been closed this morning, and miraculously crime has come to a halt. — Nora Roberts