"You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander. We build this place with the sand of memories; these castles are our memories and inventiveness made tangible. So part of us believes that when the tide starts coming in, we won't really have lost anything, because actually, only a symbol of it was there in the sand. Another part of us thinks we'll figure out a way to divert the ocean. This is what separates artists from people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if we build our castles well enough, somehow the ocean won't wash them away. I think this is a wonderful kind of person to be."
- Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
I just finished this book by Anne Lamott and I am in love with every word that woman put down on paper. Whether you write or not, this author has some beautiful and real insight on life that I think anyone could relate to.
