Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth. — Natalie Goldberg

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth. — E. O. Wilson
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. — George Bernard Shaw
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. — George Bernard Shaw
Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go. — Natalie Goldberg
That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write. — Natalie Goldberg
Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce. — Natalie Goldberg