Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I got used to being a writer. To compare it to teaching - I taught for twenty-five years; for the first two or three years it was heady. I was discovering that I could do something and do it well. Be useful to people. It was exhilarating, sort of like the first two weeks of being in love with somebody, and then it becomes like the third bite of pizza. The first bite is wonderful. The second bite is not disappointing. The third? Meh. You get used to it.

Cynthia Voigt's Popular Quotes

Rebellion is necessary for development of character.

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If I'm writing by intuition, generally that calculation works itself out. But if I'm writing a mystery, and somebody has to have a reason for doing w…

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Even the bad books I write are satisfying. I'm my least critical reader.

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People can be unimaginably foolish...and they can be unimaginably grand, at times.

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...a really good friend, the kind of friend who - when they were together both of them were more able to be who they really were.

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The worst things weren't outside of you.

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All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often inspired.

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I do have trouble starting books. I have ideas that I have trouble starting to write. But I'm the kind of person who tends to finish everything she s…

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I got to thinking—when it was too late—you have to reach out to people. To your family, too. You can't just let them sit there, you should put your h…

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