1023 – “I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of.”

-Joss Whedon [Attributed]

809 – A Poem by Octavio Paz With Translation

 

Hermandad

Homenaje a Claudio Ptolomeo

Soy hombre: duro poco
y es enorme la noche.
Pero miro hacia arriba:
las estrellas escriben.
Sin entender comprendo:
también soy escritura
y en este mismo instante
alguien me deletrea.

-Octavio Paz

Brotherhood

Homage to Claudius Ptolemy

I am a man: little do I last
and the night is enormous.
But I look up:
the stars write.
Unknowing I understand:
I too am written,
and at this very moment
someone spells me out.

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647 – “Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.”

–anonymous [See Source Notes]

178 – “Cito scribendo non fit ut bene scribatur, bene scribendo fit ut cito.”

“Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.”

–Quintilian