Poetry, like dreams, will eventually break through every person's consciousness, even the tightest iconoclast's. Sheila Bender More Quotes by Sheila Bender More Quotes From Sheila Bender We write because something inside says we must and we can no longer ignore that voice. Sheila Bender voice writing The word "journal" has in its root the word jour, French for day. A journey was the distance that could be traveled in a day. A journal, therefore, consisted of the writing one recorded per day. Sheila Bender distance journey writing