“Sometimes I wonder if beginnings have endings or if endings are only beginnings of something else.”— Marisa Donnelly, tcat.tc
“Before you go through the execution of making something, it exists in your head, and in your head, it's a perfect idea, perfect execution, perfect everything. It's beautiful. But when you go through the pain of creating something, you have to look into the face of your inadequacy... Here's a quote f…”— Tessa Violet, youtube.com
“Every new routine begins in desperation. And ends in a different desperation.”— Sarah Manguso, amazon.com
“And the night smells like snow. Walking home for a moment you almost believe you could start again. And an intense love rushes to your heart, and hope. It’s unendurable, unendurable.”— Franz Wright, awritersalchemy.blogspot.dk
“'Begin at the beginning,' the King said, very gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'”— Lewis Carroll, amazon.com
“Beginnings are sudden, but also insidious. They creep up on you sideways, they keep to the shadows, they lurk unrecognized. Then, later, they spring.”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“Even if you know how something's going to end, that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the ride.”— Craig Thomas, Carter Bays, Ted Mosby, Josh Radnor, amazon.com
“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.”— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com
“A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.”— Markus Zusak, amazon.com
“And that's when I know it's over. As soon as you start thinking about the beginning, it's the end.”— Junot Dìaz, amazon.com
“When one writes a novel about grown people, he knows exactly where to stop - that is, with a marriage; but when he writes about juveniles, he must stop where he best can.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com
“There's no such thing as a completely fresh start. Everything new arrives on the heels of something old, and every new beginning comes at the cost of an ending.”— Jennifer E. Smith, amazon.com
“Can't say I've ever been too fond of beginnings, myself. Messy little things. Give me a good ending anytime. You know where you are with an ending.”— Neil Gaiman
“There are no happy endings, endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle, and a very happy start.”— Shel Silverstein, amazon.com
“There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind.”— Shel Silverstein, amazon.com