Freedom is not a license to act but a license to exercise free choices in any given situation. Vera Nazarian More Quotes by Vera Nazarian More Quotes From Vera Nazarian All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the world, which makes it nearly impossible to handle. It is such a great responsibility that it's best not to tell a story at all unless you know you can do it right. You must be very careful, or without knowing it you can change the world. Vera Nazarian knowingresponsibilitystories Desire is like fog on a bathroom mirror -- its presence incites you to wipe the mirror, and see yourself clearly again. Vera Nazarian fogmirrorsdesire For as long as there's anyone to ask 'Why?' the answer will always be, 'Why not? Vera Nazarian why-notanswerslong One of the things that I've noticed over the years is that I seem to be fascinated as a writer with the notion that we already have all that we need. Vera Nazarian notionyearsneeds Strange dreams are better than no dreams at all. Vera Nazarian strange-dreamsstrangedream Yawns are not the only infectious things out there besides germs. Giggles can spread from person to person. So can blushing. But maybe the most powerful infectious thing is the act of speaking the truth. Vera Nazarian germspowerfulinspirational A wise person is like a smoothly polished rock: it takes time to become either. Vera Nazarian take-timerockswise I must admit that I do have a particular soft spot for the character of the chameleon-trickster goddess Ris in Dreams of the Compass Rose. Ris has gone through the whole spectrum of personal change and has had the longest road of all. And in the end she chooses to come back to the world, to guide, and to help, and to open the eyes of those who are suffering. In that is her true strength and humorous wisdom. I really do like her a whole lot. Vera Nazarian humorousdreamcharacter Worry is the secret weapon perpetrated upon us by the dark forces of the world that lurk in the shape of fear, uncertainty, confusion, and loss. We, on the other hand, have our own secret weapon against these incorporeal fiends. It is laughter. Vera Nazarian laughterdarkloss For, what is order without common sense, but Bedlam's front parlor? What is imagination without common sense, but the aspiration to out-dandy Beau Brummell with nothing but a bit of faded muslin and a limp cravat? What is Creation without common sense, but a scandalous thing without form or function, like a matron with half a dozen unattached daughters? And God looked upon the Creation in all its delightful multiplicity, and saw that, all in all, it was quite Amiable. Vera Nazarian daughterimaginationorder What is blood but the wine of life? Vera Nazarian wineblood I think I became [writer] despite myself - tricking myself into it, really. Vera Nazarian despitethinking Thoughts are slippery fish in a cold shallow stream.If you are intent on capturing a worthwhile one, you need to stand very still, focus very hard on somewhere outside yourself, and then simply ignore it until it gets so close that it tickles your ankles.Then, pounce. Vera Nazarian anklesfocusneeds A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it? Vera Nazarian ancientblinddumb Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement. Vera Nazarian achievementvirtuepatience If you ask me now, I think every single writer whose work I've read has had some influence upon me, and I continue to be influenced, subtly, by everything I read, like a sponge. But then, what writers aren't? Being a literary sponge is one of the prerequisites for this insanity. Vera Nazarian influenceinsanitythinking It is life that fights and struggles and rages; life, that tears at you in its last agonizing throes to hold on, even if but for one futile instant longer... Whereas I, I come softly when it is all done. Pain and death are an ordered sequence, not a parallel pair. So easy to confuse the correlations, not realizing that one does not bring the other. Vera Nazarian painfightingstruggle It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world.We all save it every day, and we all destroy it -- in our own small ways -- by every choice we make and every tiniest action resulting from that choice.The next time you feel useless and impotent, remember what you are in fact doing in this very moment. And then observe your tiny, seemingly meaningless acts and choices coalesce and cascade together into a powerful positive whole.The world -- if it could -- will thank you for it.And if it does not... well, a true heroine or hero does not require it. Vera Nazarian powerfulchoiceshero Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and constant aspects of truth that can be perceived by human means. And I don't mean the kind of surface beauty that fades with age, or the sort of shallow wisdom that gets lost in platitudes. True beauty grips your gut and squeezes your lungs, and makes you see with utmost clarity exactly what is before you. True wisdom then steps in, to interpret, illuminate, and form a life-altering insight. Vera Nazarian realwisemean Of course at that point I had no idea that the adventure was only beginning and that the struggle and the rejections were to pile before me, a typical young writer, in an implacable mountain. But I was on my way. Vera Nazarian struggleadventureideas
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