Peter Elbow Quotes
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It is the moment when what was chaos is now seen as having a center of gravity. There is a shape where a moment ago there was none.
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Certainty is rarely if ever possible and we increase the likelihood of getting things wrong if we succumb to the hunger for it.
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The question for writing then is this: how long are you willing to be unheard?
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Writing with voice is writing into which someone has breathed. It has that fluency, rhythm, and liveliness that exist naturally in the speech of most people when they are enjoying a conversation...Writing with real voice has the power to make you pay attention and understand --the words go deep.
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare.
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Producing writing is not so much like filling a basin or pool once, but rather getting water to keep flowing through till finally it runs clear.
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It's an unnecessary burden to try to think of words and also worry at the same time whether they're the right words.
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Meaning is not what you start with, but what you end up with.
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