This is so much fun to put together!
Emmanuelle is 12 years old. Listen to the tune that she belts out. Never let age be an excuse :-)
Pride, In The Name Of Love
Pride is seen by many as something to strive for. Is there truth in the statement “Pride comes before a fall.”? This blog explores the topic.
Reality Obscure: Eight Rules for Writing Fiction:
- Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
- Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
- Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
- Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal…
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Maturity begins when we’re content to feel we’re right about something, without feeling the necessity to prove someone else is wrong.
Sydney J. Harris
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To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves (via tinkytinker
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