Eudora Welty

"Authenticity is the highest value."

"The journey matters more than the destination."

"Love requires vulnerability."

"Art preserves what matters most."

"Perseverance is the path to all goals."

"One writer's experience of the world is another writer's dream."

"The abuses come into the open; the uses remain a secret."

"Writing is an act of faith, not doubt."

"All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on shore, dabbling at the edge."

"The mind accumulates and shifts its burdens like a sea anemone, but the heart stays fixed."

"The real dramatic force of a play is not to be found in the words, but in what is left unsaid."

"A writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world."

"Distance in time emphasizes the things we have in common with the past."

"The eye that actually sees is the careless eye."

"Love is the only thing we have in the world; we don't deserve it."

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom."

"We travel the world to find our heart at home."

"A place that ever was lived in is like a spirit."

"The world of a writer is as real as the world of a scientist."

"Life itself comes to us as imagination; we make it as we go along."

"There is something in the deep places of the heart that cries out for understanding."

"Humans are not made for safe havens; we are made for struggle."

"Words are the only thing that can translate feeling into action."

"The way to learn about a place is to walk its streets like a native."

"Every person is a mystery to everyone but themselves."

"Beauty is not something to be found; it is something to be recognized."

"The heart knows that time is the one thing we cannot replace."

"To write is to open a door and invite the world inside your mind."

"Compassion is not weakness; it is the greatest strength."

"Dreams are the memory of the soul."