Words worth keeping

The quote collection.

Reminders for brave starts, creative days, and the moments when you need a little push.

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“And now I understand something so frightening, and wonderful — how the mind clings to the road it knows, rushing through crossroads, sticking like lint to the familiar.”

“The absurd man says yes and his effort will henceforth be unceasing.”

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“The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.”

“I always in writing start with a name. Give me a name and it produces a story, not the other way about normally.”

“In such ‘fantasy’, as it is called, new form is made; Faerie begins; Man becomes a sub-creator.”

“For me, the adventures of the mind, each inflection of thought, each movement, nuance, growth, discovery, is a source of exhilaration.”

“Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.”

“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”

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“Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.”