Eudora Welty

"The making of a story is how you learn to live."

"Human relationships are the thing that remains."

"Wonder is the one thing we never lose."

"Love is the greatest of all."

"Time seems to become more precious the more we age."

"We are prepared for everything but simplicity."

"The heart wants what it wants."

"A sense of place is important to narrative."

"Beauty is always best understood in solitude."

"Conflict is what tests the human character."

"The right to privacy is precious."

"Words are the tools of writers."

"The artist must be a seer."

"Life has an order, and we discover it through living."

"Character is revealed in crisis."

"The heart of good writing is always the heart."

"We read to know we are not alone."

"Understanding others is the greatest gift we can give."

"A story has to start with interest."

"The moment we are alive is always mysterious."

"Belonging is the deepest human need."

"Every person carries a universe within them."

"Grace is unearned favor."

"The truth is like a river that flows forever."

"Human goodness is always surprising."

"The writer must be true to life."

"Loneliness is not absence of company."

"What is the setting of a story but the heart of a character?"

"We must have patience with the emerging self."

"Art comes from the deepest part of ourselves."