Meet me halfway.

“ The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours

— Alan Bennett (The History Boys: The Film) (via kari-shma)

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“ lI’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot, and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

— Michael Jordan (via 472239364)

13 December 09

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“ Detail makes the difference between boring and terrific writing. It’s the difference between a pencil sketch and a lush oil painting. As a writer, words are your paint. Use all the colors.

— Rhys Alexander (via ilovereadingandwriting)

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“ There are thousands of thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen and writes.

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William Makepeace Thackeray (via quote-book)

Exactly. :)

Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh