Critique Workshop Quotes

#1. By an image we hold on to our lost treasures, but it is the wrenching loss that forms the image, composes, binds the bouquet.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#2. If you believe in the problem, then for the sake of balance you have to believe in the solution.

Jennifer Adele

#3. You suddenly find yourself somewhere and you wonder, how did I get in this room? That happens to me all the time, every day!

Shirley Henderson

#4. The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.

Anatole France

#5. Books light the fire - whether it's a book that's already written, or an empty journal that needs to be filled in.

Meg Wolitzer

#6. life is like a silver coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you can spend it once.

Irma Joubert

#7. I'm going to kill you, Abby Abernathy!" America cried. "Kill you!"
"Technically, it's Abby Maddox, now," I said, smiling at my new husband.

Jamie McGuire

#8. Don't keep interrupting or I'll never finish the story.

Lois Lowry

#9. It's rather disconcerting to sit around a table in a critique of someone else's work, only to realize that the antagonist in the story is none other than yourself, and no one present thinks you're a very likable character.

Michelle Richmond

#10. The funny thing about destiny is that you can't predict it, and you can't prevent it.
- Leslie

Kathy Love

#11. Ha! I knew you were into him! Oh my God! Hold my juice - I think I need to break out in a happy dance! Do you know how to do the running man? If so, can you teach me right now?

Elle Kennedy

#12. He grabbed the microphone in both hands, his face exploding into a smile at the sensation.
Hey. Do not. I repeat. Do. Not. Panic. There's nothing to be scared of. This is just your average everyday fucking miracle.

Jeri Smith-Ready

#13. When hope makes friends With patience, Hope will be able To live indefinitely.

Sri Chinmoy