Inspiration

Who thought up the dumb idea to arrange the memoir section in the bookstore by subject?

- Slash Coleman, The Bohemian Love Diaries: A Memoir

Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.

- Don Roff

Keep your heart and mind open, Taylor. Don't make any rash decisions that you might regret later on. Sometimes things in life aren't as clear as we would like them to be, especially in the beginning. When the time is right, you'll know it. Just don't burn the bridge before you ever get the chance to cross it.

- Rose Wynters, My Wolf Protector

Inception. Invention. Innovation.

- Imani Nettles

Humility is the fundamental principle that builds up greatness. Arrogance on the other hand never brings anything good. When you are humble, you’ll learn to become better.

- Israelmore Ayivor, Become a Better You

All thinking men are atheists.

- Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return

- Anonymous, The Bhagavad Gita

Nothing great happens without a great idea.

- Debasish Mridha

Beauty becomes beautiful only when it is shared with others.

- Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D.

So, when I thought June might take you away, I didn’t know what to do. I felt like she was taking everything that mattered to me. I felt like she was taking away from you all the things that I didn’t have. That’s why I’m sorry. I’m sorry because you shouldn’t have to be everything to me. I had you, but I’d forgotten that I had myself too.

- Marie Lu, Champion