Category Archives: experience

Every Secret of a Writer’s Soul

Posted on January 22, 2016 by jeneanecommonplacebook

Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works. Virginia Woolf Courtesy of NJ from her blog, https://ametalk.wordpress.com/about-ame-talk/   Virginia Woolf

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Feeding Your Soul

Posted on August 9, 2015 by jeneanecommonplacebook

As scary as it may be to stop doing and just be, whatever anxiety you initially experience will give way to extreme pleasure as you discover you’re not being lazy: you’re feeding your soul. It is, after all, in the … Continue reading →

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Storyteller’s Creed

Posted on August 7, 2015 by jeneanecommonplacebook

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that … Continue reading →

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Specks of Experience

Posted on August 5, 2015 by jeneanecommonplacebook

During your life, everything you do and everyone you meet rubs off in some way. Some bit of everything you experience stays with everyone you’ve ever known, and nothing is lost. That’s what’s eternal, these little specks of experience in … Continue reading →

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Oscar Wilde Quotes

Posted on August 2, 2015 by jeneanecommonplacebook

“I have nothing to declare but my brilliance.” Oscar Wilde, after being asked what did he have to declare by a N.Y. customs agent “Men always want to be a woman’s first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: what … Continue reading →

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Quotes from “Reminisce” Magazine

Posted on August 2, 2015 by jeneanecommonplacebook

The following quotes, from different years and issues, have been attributed by the magazine to the subscriber who submitted them to  “Reminisce”. If I have discovered someone else had originally wrote or said the quote, then I have tried to … Continue reading →

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Changing A Person’s Way of Thinking

Posted on August 1, 2015 by jeneanecommonplacebook

No single experience is enough to change a person’s way of thinking. It’s like building a wall brick by brick. You add to it a little at a time until at last it’s finished. Wilbur Smith from his novel, “When … Continue reading →

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