Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. 

 

Louis L’Amour

 

 

The right time is always now. The other possibilities are taken or not yet arrived.

 

Carolyn McCool

 

 

"Winter dawn is the color of metal,
The trees stiffen into place like burnt nerves."
-  Sylvia Plath, Waking in Winter

 

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"Pale January lay
In its cradle day by day
Dead or living, hard to say."
-  Alfred Austin, Primroses 

 

 

"The shortest day has passed, and whatever nastiness of weather we may look forward to in January and February, at least we notice that the days are getting longer.  Minute by minute they lengthen out.  It takes some weeks before we become aware of the change.  It is imperceptible even as the growth of a child, as you watch it day by day, until the moment comes when with a start of delighted surprise we realize that we can stay out of doors in a twilight lasting for another quarter of a precious hour."

 -  Vita Sackville-West

 

 

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.”

– Martin Luther King, Jr

 

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“The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.”

 – Samuel Johnson

 

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