Monthly Archives: November 2014

From the quote box

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Continue reading

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The end. For tonight. Happy NaNoWriMo 2014!

The End. 11:50pm November 30, 2014 Continue reading

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Holding out for the right thing Dept

Hold out for the right place name and you get: Ystradgynlais, Powys, Wales Continue reading

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The Appeal of Storytelling

It seems to me,” she continued, “that the more we live in a society in which we feel our problems — be they international problems of war and peace, racial problems, problems of drugs, problems of violence — to be literally beyond our ability to solve, the more reassuring it is to read a popular form of fiction which itself has a problem at the heart of it. One which the reader knows will be solved by the end of the book. — P.D. James Continue reading

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Progress – from the quote box

Progress results from persistence with purpose. — Frank Tyger Continue reading

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