tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063443.post3495901744546996185..comments2023-09-30T10:59:18.807-05:00Comments on Dotopotamus: It Was a Dark and Stormy NightLori Holliday Culverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00435503478950909063noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063443.post-87681902373385646912007-03-22T17:22:00.000-05:002007-03-22T17:22:00.000-05:00Can I have another one?...Almost the whole world i...Can I have another one?...<BR/><BR/><I>Almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. Only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.</I><BR/><BR/>-- Patricia, in "Joe vs. The Volcano"Emig Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707186232281635658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063443.post-47241280215969721432007-03-22T17:20:00.000-05:002007-03-22T17:20:00.000-05:00I LOVE sentences and quotes like that. I have a bo...I LOVE sentences and quotes like that. I have a book that I started in junior high full of exactly that sort of thing. Here is one of my very favorites that is perfect for YOU!....<BR/><BR/><I>The only happiness you have is writing something new, in the middle of the night, armpits damp, heart pounding, something no one has yet seen. You have only those brief, fragile, untested moments of exhilaration when you know: you are a genius.</I><BR/><BR/>-- Lorrie Moore, from "How to Become a Writer"Emig Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707186232281635658noreply@blogger.com