Quotes of William Zinsser

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Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.

- William Zinsser

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“ Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. ”

- Jhumpa Lahiri

“ Most people never truly live because they never do what they truly love. ”

- Tanner Walling

“ If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. ”

- Unknown

“ We will either find a way, or make one. ”

- Hannibal

“ We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ Being love rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. ”

- Ram Dass

“ Enmity builds walls; love builds bridges. Enlightenment is the highway to world peace. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ That's a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ The one that’s different often has the odds stacked against them but usually ends up with the biggest rewards so it’s always worth it. ”

- TorronLee Dewar

“ The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. ”

- T.S. Eliot

“ Sometimes, as we're stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good. ”

- Susan Ee

“ Tomorrow I will run more courageously, more outrageously. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ”

- Joyce Kilmer

“ True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ”

- Erich Segal

“ Love touched her heart, and lo! It beats high, and burns with such brave hearts. ”

- Richard Crawshaw

“ Every second that passes is another grain of sand in your hourglass that is gone, forever lost in time. ”

- Nyki Mack

“ Do I care about pleasure? Yes. But I don't believe in happiness. ”

- Tatiana Vedenska

“ There is a distinct, awful pain that comes with loving someone more than they love you. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ You need just the right amount of 'Fuck the world' and the right amount of belief in something...and you need the right amount of love. ”

- Gerard Way

“ Your dream is a reality that is waiting for you to materialize. Today is a new day! Don’t let your history interfere with your destiny! Learn from your past so that it can empower your present and propel you to greatness ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Denna is a wild thing," I explained. "Like a hind or a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, you don't say the storm was mean. It was cruel. It acted according to its nature and something unfortunately was hurt. The same is true of Denna. ”

- Patrick Rothfuss

“ To pay gratitude, sign of generosity. ”

- Shekhar Srivastava

“ Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. ”

- Augustine of Hippo