Quotation Thursdays – Dahlia DeWinters

Banish Envy

You: I’m engaged to get married!!! (runs around sprinkling white and pearl and pink glitter, pleased and happy) Friend: That’s wonderful! I’m happy for you, but I am jealous. You: (some joy gone) Envy is the religion of the mediocre. It comforts them, it soothes their worries, and finally it rots their souls, allowing them to justify their meanness and their greed until they believe these to be virtues. —Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel’s Game Folks, this happens. We all have someone in our past, present or future to whom you cannot impart good news without them poking a hole in your glittery balloon. It is human nature to want to share good news, but unfortunately, it is also human nature to be envious of another. I call this “keeping up with the Joneses” syndrome. “Why do they XYZ and I don’t?” We all had it at one time… Continued

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I had to let it happen…I had to change…

I was a beginning writer once. Heck, I still think I’m a beginning writer, sometimes. I also have a lot of contact, both on and off the interwebs, with other writers, beginning writers, hobby writers, and the like. In my past life as a teacher, I tend to be the person to whom people came for advice. Now that I’m a (beginning ) writer who has been published, the questions abound. I don’t give advice anymore. I don’t, really, you know why? I think that if you’re asking the question, eighty percent of the time, you already have the answer and either are in denial or are looking for someone else to simply agree with your assessment of the situation. And, if you’re wrong, you’ll be looking for a long time. I was fortunate enough to run upon Holly Lisle’s books and courses and something she said in her book

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Quotation Thursdays – Book Quotes

It’s almost spring here in the lovely Garden State – not sure if I’m really ready or not, because we haven’t had much of a winter. But tis always good to have nice weather! I’ve looked over my past posts and realize, wow. I just love music and the movies – perhaps I should branch out a bit more and stop beating the same tracks in the dirt. While I don’t agree that you, reader, will ever tire of my music and movie missives (hee hee) I will give myself a new challenge today. Quotation from some of my favorite books. I have a NOOK with a 4g SD card. The other day, my little NOOK told me the 4g card was full. So, yeah, I love to read and think the NOOK is great! Where else can I carry ALL of my favorite books? Let’s begin…. “You can’t make

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Quotation Thursdays – On Writing

“I’m in a bind, because I’m way behind…..” Trying to catch up on my posts this week – even if I have to cheat a little by backdating…… The quotations from this week are for writing…… The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. ~Anaïs Nin Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Goethe I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody’s head. ~John Updike And my fave…. The best style is the style you don’t notice. ~Somerset Maugham

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Quotation Thursday – Sex

Quotations about, yeah, that. The tragedy is when you’ve got sex in the head instead of down where it belongs. ~D.H. Lawrence Sex is emotion in motion. ~Mae West A dirty book is rarely dusty. ~Author Unknown No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. ~Abraham Lincoln My personal favorite: A chicken and an egg are lying in bed. The chicken is smoking a cigarette with a satisfied smile on its face and the egg is frowning and looking put out. The egg mutters to no one in particular, “I guess we answered that question.” ~Author Unknown