“Rhythm. Life is full of it; words should have it, too. But you have to train your ear. Listen to the waves on a quiet night; youll pick up the cadence. Look at the patterns the wind makes in dry sa...”

“Words. Just little black marks on paper. Just sounds in the empty air. But think of the power they have! They can make you laugh or cry, love or hate, fight or run away. They can heal or hurt. They...”

“Youre thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isnt at all. Failure is a teacher a harsh one, perhaps, but the best. You say you have a desk full of rejected manuscripts? Thats great! E...”

“The trouble with if only is that it doesnt change anything. It keeps the person facing the wrong way backward instead of forward. It wastes time. In the end, if you let it become a habit, it can b...”

“Some criticism, no doubt, is constructive, but too much is a subtle poison.”

“Its the person who likes to pat dogs to whom dogs come for pats.”

“I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.”

“I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extirpate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously revived...”

“We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, ki...”

“Over time, a commitment to challenging, focused work and leisure produces not only better daily experience, but also a more complex, interesting person: the long-range benefit of the focused life. ...”

“Attention is the beginning of devotion.”

“You dont have to worry about getting the attention of others when youre good at what you do.”