Michelle Barker

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Inspiration

Queen Charlotte Wings

“You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?”  – Rumi

Fireweed

“There are hundreds of ways
to kneel and kiss the ground.”
– Rumi

Canoe

“Waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel? Well, stride down there and light the damn
thing yourself!”  – Samantha O’Connor

Pipes

“Inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic energy striving, but it comes to us slowly and quietly and all the time.”  – Brenda Ueland

Queen Charlottes

“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it;
if you can dream it, you can become it.”
– William Arthur Ward

Water

“Every morning brings with it a hidden blessing.”
– Paul Coelho

Mountains

“And as to me, I know of nothing else but miracles.”
– Walt Whitman

Queen Charlottes

“Earth’s crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God;
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes,
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries,
And daub their natural faces unaware.”
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Queen Charlottes

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
– Thomas Edison

Sunflower

“Ever since happiness heard your name,
it has been running through the streets trying
to find you.” – Hafiz

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Fake Query Letters by Dead Authors

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