Eudora Welty

"Learning to write is learning to see the world clearly."

"People in love overestimate the changes that love will bring about in their lives."

"Appreciation is the highest form of response."

"The freedom to fail is essential to creativity."

"Wisdom comes not from having all the answers but from understanding the questions."

"A good story is always built on real human emotions."

"We can only be responsible for what we do, not for what others do with it."

"The past is contained in every present moment."

"Art is the effort to make you understand the writer's feeling."

"What the world needs is more understanding and less judgment."

"Dreams are what happen when the mind is freed from the constraints of the day."

"A writer must be a careful observer of humanity."

"Love involves vulnerability; it is a risk we willingly take."

"The most important thing about craft is knowing when to break the rules."

"Achievement comes to those who persist through failure."

"Beauty in nature teaches us something about beauty in the human spirit."

"Every moment contains the potential for discovery."

"The writer's job is to hold a mirror up to the world as it truly is."

"Loneliness and solitude are not the same thing."

"What connects us all is our shared capacity to feel."

"To understand another person is to love them, at least a little."

"The future is built from the choices we make in the present."

"A compassionate heart is the foundation of wisdom."

"Imagination is the bridge between what is and what could be."

"The courage to be yourself is the greatest courage of all."

"In writing, as in life, authenticity is everything."

"Time does not heal all wounds; understanding does."

"The best writers are students of human behavior."

"Fear is often a doorway to growth."

"What we create shapes who we become."