Jessica Bell Quotes

#1. Imagine you are the Earth and he is the Sun, that silence is tangible, and the stars are the souls of your previous lives.

Jessica Bell

#2. Learn the rules, then break them intelligently.

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#3. If music were wind, I would live in a hurricane.

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#4. If your characters write your story, rather than you writing your characters, it's like your dog taking YOU for a walk. Don't let them control you. Take charge and train them to listen to their master.

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#5. FLESH
I drop my wedding ring
in holy water.
I hope it repels;
the years
of hate
and hope,
so I can finally relate
to the son we made.

Jessica Bell

#6. Think of literary fiction as a meal with intricate scents, flavors, and textures that you can't recognize unless you chew with your eyes closed.

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#7. Writing is my oxygen. Music is my carbon dioxide.

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#8. I don't know how to pray,
but I've seen them do it
on TV; kneeling by a bed
in nightgowns, hands woven
like secret friends.

Jessica Bell