“Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking.”
― Amy Tan, The Bonesetter's Daughter 

About this quote:

Happy 62nd birthday, Amy Tan! The Joy Luck Club author became consumed with the idea of fate and chance at age 15, when her older brother and her father died of brain tumors within a year of one another. 

 

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

About this quote:

Happy 83rd birthday, Toni Morrison! The Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner writes rich, sweeping novels, about the black experience in America. She was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford—'Toni' comes from her baptismal name, 'Anthony.' 

 

“Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.”
― Henry Adams

 

About this quote:

Historian Henry Adams (born February 16, 1838) published his memoirs, titled The Education of Henry Adams, privately. After his death they were reissued and won the Pulitzer Prize.