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Writing is Hard Work

September 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Buddhism, Meditation, Quotes, Writing and Meditation

“Writing is hard work (Lewis Carroll’s school in Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland taught reeling and writhing), and there is no point in fooling ourselves into believing that it is all a mater of inspiration. Many of the books that seem, as we read them, to flow effortlessly were in fact the product of innumerable revisions. [...]

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The Parable of the Burning House

January 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Buddhism, Meditation, Quotes, Uncategorized, Writing and Meditation

“There was an old man, who was wealthy and owned a ramshackle dilapidated house with but one door. When he was outside the house one day, he saw that it was on fire. He had five, ten or twenty children, who were playing in the house. He did not know what to do. If he [...]

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