Natalie Goldberg Quotes about Heart

The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart.

The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart.

Natalie Goldberg

Determination, Powerful, Heart

Natalie Goldberg (2009). “Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir”, p.1, Simon and Schuster

The deepest secret in our heart of hearts is that we are writing because we love the world.

Natalie Goldberg

Writing, Heart, Secret

Natalie Goldberg (2016). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.154, Shambhala Publications

Too often we take notes on writing, we think about writing but never do it. I want you to walk into the heart of the storm, written words dripping off hair, eyelids, hanging from hands.

Natalie Goldberg

Writing, Heart, Thinking

Natalie Goldberg (2009). “Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

Handwriting is more connected to the movement of the heart.

Natalie Goldberg

Heart, Movement, Handwriting

Natalie Goldberg (2016). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.8, Shambhala Publications

Our lives are at once ordinary and mythical. At the same instant we have these magnificent hearts that pump through all sorrow and all winters we are alive on the earth.

Natalie Goldberg

Heart, Winter, Sorrow

Natalie Goldberg (2016). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.55, Shambhala Publications