"Practice, practice, practice writing. Writing is a craft that requires both talent and acquired skills. You learn by doing, by making mistakes and then seeing where you went wrong."

Jeffrey A. Carver (via writingquotes)

That about sums it up^

(via yeahwriters)




people can be like that too.


people can be like that too.


"Do me a favor this morning. Draw the curtain and come back to bed.
Forget the coffee. We’ll pretend
we’re in a foreign country, and in love."
— “The Road” by Raymond Carver, from Where Water Comes Together With Other Water (via pederost)


  • student: can i borrow a pencil
  • teacher: i don't know, CAN you?
  • student: yes, also colloquial irregularities occur frequently in any language and since you and the rest of our present company understood my intended meaning being particular about the distinctions between "can" and "may" is purely pedantic and arguably pretentious


"Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them."
— Paramahansa Yogananda  (via thatkindofwoman)

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