“Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly." ― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets - Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, Pablo Neruda became known as a poet at 10 years old. Neruda wrote in various styles including:...
"Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world." –Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist - Oscar Wilde, an Irish playwright, poet, and novelist, became one of...
"I am going to leave you to make my entry into the world; — I shall be very much astonished if I enjoy myself there as I have in school." —Colette, Claudine à l’école (Claudine at School) - One of the greatest avant-garde authors of the 19th century, Sidonie-Gabrielle...
"And remember: you must not overwork your body, or your soul. You must not enslave yourself, as you would not enslave any other person. You must be the custodian of your self." —Joyce Carol Oates, Mudwoman - Joyce Carol Oates is one of the most recognized and...
“Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.” —Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer is an American novelist and activist with Polish roots. Foer began to seriously pursue writing as a career...
"But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of creation are the obvious ones of working with paint of clay or words. Creativity is a way of living life, no matter our vocation or how we earn our living....