Don't wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.
A great novel is one that makes us see the world with new eyes.
I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.
An object that tells of the loss, destruction, disappearance of objects. Does not speak of itself. Tells of others. Will it include them?
"The writer's duty is to disturb the peace, to unsettle the comfortable, and to comfort the unsettled."