Day 2 of the 3-Day 3-Quote Challenge, I once again invite you to share a quote from your characters in my comments. I offer quotes from two wise men who people my pages. Both are from the series that begins with Myths of the Mirror and continues through the Dragon Soul Trilogy.
This challenge came my way thanks to LIVE LOVE LAUGH, a fun site worth a visit.
If anyone would like to send on the 3 Day 3 Quote Challenge, here are the official rules:
1. Thank the person who nominated you
2. Post a quote a day for 3 days.
3. Each day, nominate 3 new bloggers to take part in the challenge.
Enjoy!
Here’s the second from Torin
Those two characters, Brend and Torin, seem really mindful of the needs of their society. Well written. 🙂
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Thanks. The lessons are timeless (because we humans have such a hard time learning them). 🙂
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I would like to offer one of my poems from ‘Sublime Shadows Of Life’ for guest post. My characters speak through poetry.
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Thank you, Balroop! That would be lovely. Would you send it to me at dwallacepeach@gmail.com. I’ll add it to my Sunday evening post. Thank you for contributing.
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Thank you Diana, I am sending it across from my gmail account.
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Hi D, please confirm your email id, gmail is not recognising it.
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Hi, That one is correct, but you can try this one: peachlee123@gmail.com.
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Ah, Diana, you give us much to ponder upon with the first quote…doing nothing in the face of cruelty is tantamount to cruelty itself. This is why I rescued animals for sometime, but it was hard to get people to help by adopting. So now, I have 20# animals to care for…still there are so many animals out there….it seems like our efforts are never enough to end the cruelty…
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That’s the challenge, Rosanna. Even when picking just one issue, there aren’t enough hours in the day (or resources). But if we all did a little something to end suffering,.. You are an angel to those little lives that would have been wasted without your compassion and action. 🙂
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Great Quotes !!
I took the challenge too 🙂
https://secretivewriter.wordpress.com/2015/07/03/3-day-3-quotes-challenge-day-3/
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Thanks and great! It is a fun way to introduce characters and books. 😀
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🙂
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Reblogged this on Riley Amos Westbook and commented:
This is a challenge I might just have to try…I hate finding quotes in my own work, it makes me feel so vain! (My wife cackles next to me as she watches me type those words…)
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Thanks so much for the reblog. Yes, try it. It’s been fun!
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What a GREAT quote! And what a brilliant way to promote your work! 🙂
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I have 4 books coming out this summer and just cringe at the idea of promoting all of them. This seemed fun and a few people have shared their characters’ quotes, which I love reading.
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Four books! Wow!
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A fluke of timing, Erik. I wouldn’t have planned it this way. But it’s all good. 🙂
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Guest posts always welcome over at mine, Diana 😉
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Thank you, Sue. I’ll work on something. I’m always scrambling to fill up my own pages, but I’d love to guest. ❤
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That would be wonderful! Anything you feel like posting, Diana 🙂 My email is suevincent@scvincent.com
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Thank you!
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Wow, both great examples of the wisdom found in your works.
The first one is a great example of a popular ethics question; are we responsible only for the things we do, or for those we *don’t* do as well? The latter is definitely harder 😀
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The first is a tough one because it requires having a voice. I’ve come to believe that silence in the face of a wrong is a form of permission. My characters have forced me into the role of an activist! 😀
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I commend you for that 🙂
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The second is a huge theme for me in my own writing : the ability to remain childlike without being childish, to retain and foster a sense of wonder, to continually try new things. It is not only what keeps us loving life, but what keeps time from speeding up as we get older. It all relates to learning (or remembering how) to live in the present.
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I think mindful practice also prevents us from taking the good things in our lives for granted and letting them die from neglect.
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Both quotes are good but I really like Torin’s quote there. Very profound and quite true.
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He made me rethink the act of practice for myself, especially in relationships. It’s fun learning from my characters. 🙂
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I completely understand my characters make me think about a lot of things or they just outright make me laugh. It’s funny how characters take a voice of their own separate from yours. 🙂
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That’s one of the things that I love about writing…those surprises!
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I love that we can bring characters into existence who wind up teaching us in return.
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I do too. That’s part of the reason I love what I do.
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