... one flaw throws the loveliness of [everything else] into focus. I remember reading that Shakers deliberately introduced a mistake into the things they made, to show that man shouldn't aspire to the perfection of God. Flawed can be more perfect than perfection.
Reading makes me happy.
Reading makes me want to write my own books, and just trying to understand what I see in the world around me makes me want to figure things out.
The thing that inspires me most is reading and just observing the people around me. I think those are the two things that make me want to write.
I used to be very disciplined about only buying three books ahead of what I was reading, but my husband corrupted me, and now I'm dozens ahead of myself!
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