"A new life! Freedom! Something to write about!"
— Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time of Gifts
"We soon agreed that the disasters which had set us on the move had not been disasters at all, but wild strokes of good luck."
— Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time of Gifts
(Source: gandlfs, via purplueprose)
"When you’re socially awkward, you’re isolated more than usual, and when you’re isolated more than usual, your creativity is less compromised by what has already been said and done. All your hope in life starts to depend on your craft, so you try to perfect it. One reason I stay isolated more than the average person is to keep my creativity as fierce as possible. Being the odd one out may have its temporary disadvantages, but more importantly, it has its permanent advantages."
— Criss Jami (via writingquotes)
#sixseasonsandamovie
(Source: the-average-gatsby)
"We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget that we are reading printed words on a page; we begin to see images."
— John Gardner
(Source: writingquotes)
(Source: fictionaficionado, via packingupmydinosaurs)
“What I would try to communicate about tea is that it can console you, it can start your day. There’s the warmth and the ritual- and you can share it! You make someone a cup of tea. You offer it to them, and you give it to them.” (via Matt Smith on Victoria Wood’s Nice Cup of Tea)
