Literary Grannies Speak: Quotes from the Women Who Lived & Wrote Before Us

For an added bonus: Read over the quotes once, looking for which one or two especially resonate with you. Write that quote or quotes on a piece of paper or index card and tape it above the place you write.

Tomorrow morning, early, take the quote and use it as a writing prompt.

This is one way you will give respect and homage to your Literary Grannies.

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“Variety is the soul of pleasure.” Aphra Behn – Literary Granny 2013

“The human soul has need of security and also of risk. The fear of violence or of hunger or of any other extreme evil is a sickness of the soul. The boredom produced by a complete absence of risk is also a sickness of the soul.”--Simone Weil

“If you would reflect well and wisely, you would realize that those events you regard as personal misfortunes have served a useful purpose even in this worldly life, and indeed have worked for your betterment.”
Christine de Pizan (Literary Granny 2013)

George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) "No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty." --George Eliot (born with the name Mary Ann Evans)

“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” Zora Neale Hurston (Literary Granny 2012)

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.--Katherine Mansfield

Meet Denise Levertov, Poet “Perhaps this very instant is your time.” ―Louise Bogan (Literary Granny 2013)

“Two girls discover the secret of life in a sudden line of poetry.” Denise Levertov

“Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.” Kate Chopin (Literary Granny 2012)

“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” May Sarton

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Watch this blog for profiles of Literary Grannies throughout the month of April here at Julie Unplugged. To check out the first few entries of the year, visit here.

This post is Number 8 of 30 and was inspired by the Ultimate Blog Challenge. Throughout the month I will be posting writing and creativity tips especially to make your writing (and your writing experience!) better.