It's like all my life I've been this tower standing at the edge of the ocean for some obscure purpose, and only now, almost eighteen years in, has someone thought to flip the switch that reveals that I'm not a tower at all. I'm a lighthouse. It's like waking up. I am incandescent.
Interpretation
This quote describes a personal revelation of identity and purpose.
In this quote, Laini Taylor expresses a transformative realization about one's true self and purpose. The metaphor of a tower versus a lighthouse illustrates the shift from feeling static and purposeless to recognizing one's essential role in guiding and illuminating others, akin to how a lighthouse helps sailors find their way. This awakening signifies not only self-discovery but also a newfound brightness and potential that can inspire others.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to inspire individuals to find their true purpose.
It’s like losing gravity and falling into space – the moment of pitching headlong when the endlessness of space asserts itself and there is no more down, only an eternity of up, and you realize you can fall forever and never run out of stars.
Kizzy wanted it all so bad her soul leaned half out of her body hungering after it, and that was what drove the goblins wild, her soul hanging out there like an untucked shirt.
Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
When I turned to writing fantasy, and writing for young people, it was joyous. It was like discovering an underground lake of ideas that went on forever.
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'Wonder Woman' is much more than a cartoon character. She's fighting for truth and justice and the secret self that exists in all women and girls. There's a moral fiber and a goodness about her that all women have.
A half a million young people can get together and have three days of fun and music, and have nothing but fun and music, and I God bless you for it!
If you’re a Kanye West fan, you’re not a fan of me, you’re a fan of yourself. You will believe in yourself. I’m just the espresso.
My legacy is that I stayed on course... from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.
I had a calling inside of me. I had a sense that when I was going through experiences like living on the streets, losing my parents to AIDS, just having my whole world turned upside-down, there was this feeling inside of me like I was meant for something greater.
With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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