Month: December 2018

Poem on Happiness by Buddha

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“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him.
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought,
happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him. “

– Buddha

Seeing a Quote by Oscar Romero

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There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried

Oscar Romero

Tip 6 of William Faulkner’s 7 Fiction Writing Tips

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Don’t exhaust your imagination.

The only rule I have is to quit while it’s still hot. Never write yourself out. Always quit when it’s going good. Then it’s easier to take it up again. If you exhaust yourself, then you’ll get into a dead spell and you’ll have trouble with it.

Source: Open Culture 

Poem on The Mystery of Love by Oscar Wilde

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“With such glad dreams I sought this holy place,
And now with wondering eyes and heart I stand
Before this supreme mystery of Love:
A kneeling girl with passionless pale face,
An angel with a lily in his hand,
And over both with outstretched wings the Dove.”

By: Oscar Wilde
Excerpt from: Ave Maria Plena Gratia

Reasons To Love Another ~ Quote by Oscar Wilde

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You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.

Oscar Wilde

Tip 5 of William Faulkner’s 7 Fiction Writing Tips

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Use dialect sparingly.

I think it best to use as little dialect as possible because it confuses people who are not familiar with it. That nobody should let the character speak completely in his own vernacular. It’s best indicated by a few simple, sparse but recognizable touches.

Source: Open Culture


Poem of Friendship by Henry David Thoreau

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Two sturdy oaks I mean, which side by side,
Withstand the winter’s storm,
And spite of wind and tide,
Grow up the meadow’s pride,
For both are strong

Above they barely touch, but undermined
Down to their deepest source,
Admiring you shall find
Their roots are intertwined
Insep’rably.

Henry David Thoreau

Something to Love ~ Quote by Lorraine Hansberry

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There is always something left to love. And if you haven’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing.

Lorraine Hansberry

Tip 4 of William Faulkner’s 7 Fiction Writing Tips

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Know your characters well and the story will write itself.

I would say to get the character in your mind. Once he is in your mind, and he is right, and he’s true, then he does the work himself. All you need to do then is to trot along behind him and put down what he does and what he says. It’s the ingestion and then the gestation. You’ve got to know the character. You’ve got to believe in him. You’ve got to feel that he is alive, and then, of course, you will have to do a certain amount of picking and choosing among the possibilities of his action, so that his actions fit the character which you believe in. After that, the business of putting him down on paper is mechanical.

Source: Open Culture 

Love Song ~ Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Love Song

Rainer Maria Rilke

When my soul touches yours a great chord sings!
How shall I tune it then to other things?
O! That some spot in darkness could be found
That does not vibrate whene’er your depths sound.
But everything that touches you and me
Welds us as played strings sound one melody.
Where is the instrument whence the sounds flow?
And whose the master-hand that holds the bow?
O! Sweet song—

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