This is for writers yet to be published who think the uphill climb will never end. Keep believing. This is also for published writers grown jaded by the process. Remember how lucky you are.
Terry BrooksRead
After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with it, and it seems a shame to use it only once.
Interpretation
Life is precious, and it's important to make the most of our experiences and creations.
This quote by Terry Brooks reflects on the value of existence and creativity. It suggests that if we invest so much time and effort into the universe and our experiences, it would be a waste to only experience them once; instead, we should seek to revisit, enjoy, and learn from our creations to fully appreciate their significance.
In practice
During a speech about the importance of creativity in the arts.
This is for writers yet to be published who think the uphill climb will never end. Keep believing. This is also for published writers grown jaded by the process. Remember how lucky you are.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi. For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
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I must not permit the evil capabilities of human nature to sour my faith in the tremendous good that is possible despite the frailty of that nature.
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Cocoa-buttered girls were stretched out on the public beach in apparently random alignments, but maybe if a weather satellite zoomed in on one of those bodies and then zoomed back out, the photos would show the curving beach itself was another woman, a fractal image made up of the particulate sunbathers. All the beaches pressed together might form female landmasses, female continents, female planets and galaxies. No wonder men felt tense.
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