When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor or the reviewer or anyone but my characters and their story!
Judy BlumeRead
Everybody wants to share life and be in love and be loved.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the universal desire for connection and affection in human relationships.
Judy Blume's quote highlights a fundamental aspect of the human experience: the longing for companionship and love. It suggests that despite individual differences, the desire to connect and be cherished is a common thread that binds us all, affirming the importance of relationships in leading a fulfilling life.
In practice
This quote can be used in discussions about the importance of relationships during a motivational speech.
When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor or the reviewer or anyone but my characters and their story!
What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to my characters.
What can happen if a young reader picks up a book he/she isn't yet ready for? Questions, maybe. Usually, that child puts down the book and says, 'Boring.' Or, 'I'm not ready for this.' Kids are really good at knowing what they can handle.
Concentrate on how good if feels to be alive. No matter what. Just to see the color of the sky, just to smell the air, and feel the wind in your face
I wrote 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' right out of my own experiences and my own feelings when I was in sixth grade.
Nobody ever asks me why my characters don't text each other. Besides, as soon as you put something 'electronic' in a book, it's already out of date by the time it's published: everything will have changed. Human emotion, on the other hand, will never change.
How sweet it is to learn the Savior's love when nobody else loves us! When friends flee, what a blessed thing it is to see that the Savior does not forsake us but still keeps us and holds us fast and clings to us and will not let us go!
I can elect something I love and absorb myself in it.
As soon as the love relationship does not lead me to me, as soon as I in a love relationship do not lead another person to himself, this love, even if it seems to be the most secure and ecstatic attachment I have ever experienced, is not true love. For real love is dedicated to continual becoming.
Love is a tree; and lovers are its shade.
There was one thing my murderer didn't understand; he didn't understand how much a father could love his child.
It's the tragedy of loving, you can't love anything more than something you miss.
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