“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” ~Nora Roberts American author Nora Roberts was born on this day in 1950.
“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” ~Nora Roberts American author Nora Roberts was born on this day in 1950.
“Creativity helps us realize that we don’t have to understand everything. We can enjoy something—feel it and use it—without ever fully comprehending it.” ~Faith Ringgold American painter, writer, mixed media sculptor, and performance artist Faith Ringgold was born on this day in 1930.
“Myth, legend, and ritual … function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive, for change is the enemy of myth.” ~Elizabeth Janeway American author and critic Elizabeth Janeway was born on this day in 1913.
“Love does not appear with any warning signs. You fall into it as if pushed from a high diving board.” ~Jackie Collins English romance novelist and actress Jackie Collins was born on this day in 1937.
“That's how you know you really trust someone, I think; when you don't have to talk all the time to make sure they still like you or prove that you have interesting stuff to say.” ~Sara Zarr American writer Sara Zarr was born on this day in 1970.
“We may differ widely in environments, education, learning, knowledge, or lack of it, and in our personalities, our likes and dislikes. But if we set ourselves the task, we’ll find a meeting place somehow and somewhere.” ~Faith Baldwin American novelist Faith Baldwin was born on this day in 1893.
“You don’t have to think about love; you either feel it or you don’t.” ~Laura Esquivel Mexican novelist, screenwriter, and politician, Laura Esquivel was born on this day in 1950.
“Whatever you love is beautiful; love comes first, beauty follows. The greater your capacity for love, the more beauty you find in the world.” ~Jane Smiley American novelist Jane Smiley was born on this day in 1949.
“To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe what you see. Words cannot convey the scale of a view that is so stunning it is felt.” ~Eleanor Catton New Zealand novelist and screenwriter Eleanor Catton was born on this day in 1985.
“When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.” ~Walter Lippmann American writer, reporter, and political commentator Walter Lippmann was born on this day in 1889.
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