Slowly Blossoming


I am a follower of Christ. I love books and reading. I write stories and poems and paint. My favorite book is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. If you want to know more, follow along.

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Things I Am Thankful For #1273

Home cooked meals.

It’s not just about the knowledge that you’re importing. It’s also about the flow of the words and use of the language. There’s a beauty in it. There’s an art in it.
— Patrick Pfeiffer on writing books (via unendingvoyage)

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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

Maya Angelou

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You can’t try to do things. You simply must do them.
— Ray Bradbury (via llibre)

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onlytrippystuff:

Disney’s wisdom…

onlytrippystuff:

Disney’s wisdom…

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Things I Am Thankful For #1272

Generic medaction

Here is a moment to thank all the men and women who laid down their lives to protect the freedoms we so easily take for granted.

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him to the public.
Winston Churchill (via amandaonwriting)

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