All important ideas must include the trees, the mountains, and the rivers.
—Mary Oliver
Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting.
—Robert Frost

“I have used up all my motives to smile, but then you arrived. Ti amo.” Imagine reading this from your window first thing in the morning. In Roma they know how to love.
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
—W. Somerset Maugham (quote reblogged from The Sarcastic Muse)
Love the quotes, especially the second one by Frost. And I really like what was written on the sidewalk in Rome
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Thank you, George, me too. 🙂
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I agree. Every one is surprised when I say I prefer that than sea…
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Oh! The sea kind of wins by default. 😀
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it comes after for me…
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I burst out laughing on Maugham’s quote. good stuff!
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Laughter is good, too. Glad to hear. 🙂
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Love that sidewalk quote! Italians… ❤
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ssw, oh yes ❤
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“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” hehehe, so true!!
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Aren’t we lucky too! Imagine it’s like in Hollywood.
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