Tuesday Tidbits #70

Posted by Brad Osborne on May 25, 2021 · 16 Comments 

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Welcome to the limited series, Tuesday Tidbits. A collection of quotes to provide inspiration, determination, and elevation. I hope you find something that brightens your day!

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Though raised in a middle-class home, my parents could afford a nanny. Her name was Zenith and she made time for me every day.

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Writing is a journey of private self-exploration that ends in public self-exposure.

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Anything can be used as a weapon, even words. But any injury comes from the power you give them, not from the word itself. A mean word should be no harder to parry than a drunken punch, and just as instinctual.

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Poetry is our words crafted as beautifully as any painting, photograph or sculpture. Yet the paint will never crack, the colors never fade, nor time erode the fine details. They are uniquely timeless in their permanence.

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With all the accoutrements of the modern age, it is still the pen scratching the paper that brings a true sense of intimacy with the words.

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For any writer, our subjects and words are often a mirror to the soul. There will be parts of us we recognize, and many we are seeing for the first time.

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In business writing, things like punctuation, grammar, syntax, definition, and spelling are all important. But in poetry, they are toys in the hands of a playful child.

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Now get out there and write something!

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