Writer's Voices

In the end we’re all reliant on those around us, for love, for care. Friends and family become the keepers of collective memories, memories that allow the ill and the diseased to live on

It’s not how much you do, but how much love you put into the doing.

Let your hopes not your hurts shape your future.

Journalism is the first rough draft of history.

“Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.”

There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself by it, and the passersby see only a wisp of smoke.

In the last part of this episode, Monica and Caroline discuss an older book that they believe deserves more attention – “Through My Eyes” by Ruby Bridges. As a six year old, Ruby was the first African-American child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana. She is one of the largely unsung heroes of America’s civil rights movement. In recent years, Ruby said “When I think about our babies today and them not being safe in school, I think that should be the next civil rights movement… to ban the assault weapons so that our babies can be safe.”

In half the states, they (electoral college) are not bound by law to vote for who the people in that state voted for…. Could they stray and vote for somebody else and has it happened? Yes. But has it ever affected the result of the election? The answer to that is No.

I now know that experience comes to us for a purpose. If we follow the guidance of the spirit within us, we will probably find that the purpose is a good one.

It doesn’t matter what the first sentence is, as long as you start writing. Your first sentence can be a throw-away…. just keep going.

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel noone else has a right to blame us.

(Writing) a novel is like a marriage, while a short story is like a fling.

You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.

We can all learn from one another, if we just open our ears and listen more than we talk.