There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft.
A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever. - Jessamyn West
A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.
- Jessamyn West
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future. - Jessamyn West
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
Each death and departure comes to us as a surprise, a sorrow never anticipated. Life is a long series of farewells; only the circumstances should sur… - Jessamyn West
Each death and departure comes to us as a surprise, a sorrow never anticipated. Life is a long series of farewells; only the circumstances should sur…
One can write out of love or hate. Hate tells one a great deal about a person. Love makes one become the person. Love, contrary to legend, is not hal… - Jessamyn West
One can write out of love or hate. Hate tells one a great deal about a person. Love makes one become the person. Love, contrary to legend, is not hal…
Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract. - Jessamyn West
Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract.
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. - Jessamyn West
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.
There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that t… - Jessamyn West
There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that t…
Somehow I have the feeling that in some book is the great treasure I've been looking for all my life. - Jessamyn West
Somehow I have the feeling that in some book is the great treasure I've been looking for all my life.
A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain. - Jessamyn West
A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain.
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