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Thread #104248 Message #2144279
Posted By: Amos
08-Sep-07 - 07:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: What are the absolutes of good writing?
Subject: RE: BS: What are the absolutes of good writing?
As very germane to this thread and a gift to those who read it, the following post (in another thread) by Katlaughing:
""Why does anybody tell a story?" Ms. L'Engle once asked, even though she knew the answer.
"It does indeed have something to do with faith," she said, "faith that the universe has meaning, that our little human lives are not irrelevant, that what we choose or say or do matters, matters cosmically."
What a beautiful and elegant way to put it. And, by what an incredible storyteller. Sorry to hear of her passing. Thanks for this thread."
The quote is from the late Madeleine l'Engle.
It struck me in some deep place.
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