Eudora Welty

"Friendship is a form of love without expectation."

"The mind's capacity for joy is inexhaustible."

"Stories have the power to transform how we see ourselves and others."

"A life well-lived is a story worth telling."

"Peace comes not from the absence of struggle but from acceptance of it."

"The deepest truths are often expressed through fiction."

"To be alive is to participate in the endless mystery of existence."

"What we do in small moments defines our character in large ones."

"The greatest adventure is within ourselves."

"Words have power; use them with intention and care."

"The mind that is wise does not give up what is necessary for what is not."

"Writing is something I have to do. It keeps me alive."

"The writer's eye is the writer's heart."

"All serious daring starts from within."

"One place comprehended can make us understand other places better."

"Learning stamps you with its moments. It rushes over you, sweeps you into its purposes because thinking and reading are where I began."

"The most important thing is you can't fake sincerity."

"People give one another things that can't be taken in a shop."

"A writer is one who has taught themselves that their most urgent business is to reveal all they can discover in the endless depths of another human being."

"Becoming aware is as much as we can hope to do."

"The real dramatic force of a book is not always apparent at first."

"Writing itself is at a pace where you can afford to think."

"There is something in us that travels and travels."

"The sure consequence of slow writing is good writing."

"Every soul must choose for itself."

"Life is a good deal that we might as well enjoy."

"The front yard belonged to the present hour."

"There is much that seems sensible that is not human."

"A memory may be an invention of the mind, yet it might be a revelation of truth."

"You can place absolute confidence in what I tell you because I have witnessed it myself."