Creative Writing Prompts Quotes & Sayings

What helped him build resilience the most, he told me, was overcoming pervasiveness: "Extreme compartmentalization may be my biggest superpower," he said, laughing. If a project doesn't turn out the way he wanted, Byron remembers that things could always be worse. "I say to myself and to others all the time, 'Is anyone gonna die?' That's the worst - I'm not afraid of failure." Byron — Sheryl Sandberg

At my second record label, they told me and other female artists that some of us were going on the chopping block. I was 19 ... and it was devastating. — Katy Perry

My nails dug into his back, and he trailed his lips down the edge of my chin, down the center of my neck. He kept going until he reached the bottom of the dress's V-neck. I let out a small gasp, and he kissed all around the neckline, just enough to tease. — Richelle Mead

Time changes nothing, girl, but the size of your underwear ... and hopefully your hairdo. — Minton Sparks

Idealists mature badly. If they can't outgrow their idealism, they become hypocrites or blind. — Brent Weeks

Collections are amusing only in the making; afterwards they are like sporting prints without the sport. The sons of collectors inherit only the corpse of their fathers' satisfied passion. — Marthe Bibesco

I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it. — Elizabeth Wurtzel

Eschew surplusage. — Mark Twain