Francesca Lia Block quotes

Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't be afraid to make your characters suffer. Read what you love. Write what you love. Love. (Francesca Lia Block)
I want him to see the flowers in my eyes and hear the songs in my hands. View quote
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Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic. View quote
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive stress of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word. View quote
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But be careful; sand is already broken but glass breaks. The shoes are for dancing, not running away. View quote
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The most Beautiful people are the ones that don't look like one race or even one sex. View quote
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It's scary to become a woman in this world. We have to understand that some of the messages we get, messages that we are not enough, are there to keep our power in check. We can't buy into these messages. View quote
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Find the goddess inside yourself instead of looking for the god in someone else. View quote
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No matter how bad things get, you can always see the beauty in them. The worse things get, the more you have to make yourself see the magic in order to survive. View quote
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Sometimes a wild horse needs to feel that his rider is just a little bit wilder. View quote
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My mother says that pain is hidden in everyone you see. She says try to imagine it like big bunches of flowers that everyone is carrying around with them. Think of your pain like a big bunch of red roses, a beautiful thorn necklace. Everyone has one. (Francesca Lia Block)
Every girl is a goddess. View quote
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Sometimes I wanted to peel away all of my skin and find a different me underneath. View quote
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Just like any woman,...we weave our stories out of our bodies. Some of us through our children, or our art; some do it just by living. It's all the same. View quote
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You are in my blood. I cant help it. We can't be anywhere except together. View quote
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Love is a dangerous angel. View quote
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After his kisses and hugs it feels like without them my body will fall apart into pieces. View quote
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She wished she had a little yellow house of her own, with a flower box full of real flowers and herbs – pansies and rosemary – and a sweet lover who would swing dance with her in the evenings and cook pasta and read poetry aloud. View quote
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This was not a fearie tale. This was not the movies. This was life. It hurt more. It was excruciating. It was excruciatingly beautiful. View quote
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It's important to tell your story. It's important to listen. View quote
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Pain can give you sight or make you blind. (Francesca Lia Block)
Besides, secretly, without knowing it herself, she had been waiting for a Beast to go to. View quote
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You make me feel like I have wings when you touch me. View quote
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If death is your lover, you don't got to be afraid ever that he will ever leave you. View quote
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At least the girls in stories were alive before they died. View quote
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