Ppl Knock At My Front Door Like Im Gonna Open It

ppl knock at my front door like I’m gonna open it

When Jane Austen wrote, "the more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense," I felt that.

Sylvia Plath, in a diary entry dated August 8th 1952 featured in The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

"My darling, there are no walls or secret gardens in me for you. You have the keys to all the doors."

– Albert Camus to Maria Casarès, Correspondance, August 12, 1948

Natalie Babbitt, from Tuck Everlasting

I’m begging you to write for yourself.

“But readers don’t like—“ who cares?

The only reader of your story that you should care about is yourself.

Do you like your story? Yes? Then it’s perfect.