This week's Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge asks participants to share quotes that made them think.
I once wrote a 4000-word speculative fiction story incorporating quotes from those who said them. These people included agnostic philosopher Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899), Pope John Paul II (1920-2005), and Fred Phelps (1929-2014). I had a hoot with Fred Phelps because his words were utterly unhinged and over the top. This story is a bit of a hard sell. Someday, I'll put it in a self-published collection. Then I'll cancel myself.
Here's a top ten list of quotes I like (not necessarily from books) in no particular order. C. L. Hart, Cara H, and Ornery Owl are all me.
1. I'd rather fail with my own shit than succeed with someone else's.
--Eddie Van Halen
2. “Spending more time reading and writing and less time on anti-social media has been good for my soul.” --Heidi Siegmund Cuda
3. Whether I'm self-editing or editing someone else's work, repetition repeats itself repeatedly. --Ornery Owl
4. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to writing. Don't try to force yourself to conform to someone else's standards. You'll only end up miserable. --Ornery Owl
5. "Those blasted herons sound like tortured souls wailing in the bowels of hell."
--Garwick Greedgill
From A Murky Reckoning by C. L. Hart
6. "The life of a mystic is not for the faint of heart." --Finnegan Scaleweaver
From A Murky Reckoning
7. "Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance." --David Mamet
8. "Everything exists, [but] how much of your mind and your soul are you going to lend to it?!" --Chuck D
9. It took me until I was in my fifties before my health rudely forced me to figure out who I was. Prior to that, my identity was wrapped up in my profession.
-- Cara H
10. "Go back to the list of what you want to write. Is there an option that will work with your circumstances and dreams?" --Mia Botha, deadlinesforwriters.com
A Murky Reckoning is a story in the Bog Hag anthology. The ebook is only 99 cents, and all proceeds benefit Quill Cottage Wildlife, a charity that cares for orphaned wild animals.
1 comment:
Great post, Cara!
My fave quotes are:
" I'd rather fail with my own shit than succeed with someone else's."
“Spending more time reading and writing and less time on anti-social media has been good for my soul.”
ABSOLUTE FAVE: "There is no one-size-fits-all approach to writing. Don't try to force yourself to conform to someone else's standards. You'll only end up miserable."
THIS WAS THE FUNNIEST: "Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance."
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