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• Model the qualities that you want your children to show to each other.

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  Children, Quality, Want

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• I find it both fascinating and disconcerting when I discover yet another person who believes that writing can't be taught. Frankly, I don't understand this point of view

  Elizabeth George

  Believe, Writing, Views

  Elizabeth George (2009). “Write Away: One Writer's Approach to the Novel”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• Of all my children, you were always the hardest on yourself. You were always looking for the right way to behave, so concerned you might make a mistake. But, darling, there are no mistakes. There are only our wishes, our actions, and the consequences that follow both. There are only events, how we cope with them, and what we learn from the coping." "That's too easy," he said. "On the contrary. It's monumentally difficult.

  Elizabeth George

  Children, Mistake, Wish

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• For being able to use language was a critical skill that could carry one far. One could use it professionally, as a crafter of everything from political speeches to modern novels. One could use it personally, as a tool of discovery or a means of staying connected to others. One could use it as an outlet that would feed the artistic spirit of the creator, which existed in everyone.

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  Mean, Modern Novel, Skills

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• No matter what you do each day...or in life...doing things God's way is a matter of the heart.

  Elizabeth George

  Heart, Each Day, Matter

  Elizabeth George (2005). “A Mom After God's Own Heart: 10 Ways to Love Your Children”, p.11, Harvest House Publishers

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• Lots of people want to have written; they don't want to write. In other words, they want to see their name on the front cover of a book and their grinning picture on the back. But this is what comes at the end of a job, not at the beginning.

  Elizabeth George

  Jobs, Book, Writing

  Elizabeth George (2011). “Write Away: One Novelist's Approach To Fiction and the Writing Life: One Novelist's Approach To Fiction and the Writing Life”, p.245, Hachette UK

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• God is immutable—He never changes! His ministry to you is complete, on target, and constant!

  Elizabeth George

  Target, Ministry, Never Change

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• One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him.

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  Focus, Christ, Advantage

  Elizabeth George (2009). “Breaking the Worry Habit...Forever!: God's Plan for Lasting Peace of Mind”, p.61, Harvest House Publishers

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• I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.

  Elizabeth George

  Writing, Age, Literature

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• What a blessing to be able to leave the cares of life for a brief period and spend time in the outstretched arms of your Shepherd, rubbing, as it were, your cheek against His face in intimate fellowship through prayer.

  Elizabeth George

  Peace, Prayer, Blessing

  Elizabeth George (2003). “Powerful Promises for Every Woman”, p.94, Harvest House Publishers

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• Work on what is real rather than worry about what is unreal.

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  Real, Worry, Unreal

  Elizabeth George (2005). “Loving God with All Your Mind”, p.9, Harvest House Publishers

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• I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness.

  Elizabeth George

  Character, Dark, Men

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• I knew from the age of seven that I was meant to be a writer.

  Elizabeth George

  Age, Were Meant To Be, Seven

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• I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and see how the novel takes shape based on what these people are like.

  Elizabeth George

  Character, People, Shapes

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• We are to make a plan for the day, pray over that plan, and then proceed with that plan. When we are willing to regard the unexpected as God's intervention, we can flex with the new plan, recognizing it as God's plan.

  Elizabeth George

  God's Plan, Unexpected, Praying

  Elizabeth George (1998). “Loving God with All Your Mind”, Harvest House Pub

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• One did not alter lives and simply walk away from the damage.

  Elizabeth George

  Damage, Walks

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• I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate.

  Elizabeth George

  Writing, Thinking, Culture

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• Your choices and decisions are a reflection of how well you’ve set and followed your priorities.

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  Reflection, Priorities, Decision

  Elizabeth George (2012). “A Woman's Daily Walk with God”, p.42, Harvest House Publishers

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• Just as stars shine brightest in the darkest night, your joy blazes brilliantly through life's problems when you count them as joy.

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  Stars, Night, Shining

  Elizabeth George (2007). “Finding God's Path Through Your Trials: His Help for Every Difficulty You Face”, p.20, Harvest House Publishers

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• The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whidbey Island, is extremely suited to be a location in a novel.

  Elizabeth George

  Islands, Pacific Northwest, Location

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• By prolonged and continued fellowship, the sheep who follow nearby enjoy the shepherd's presence and become his familiar companions. To those closest to him, he shares the choicest portions of the food he's gathered. These happy and content sheep are never in danger. Why? Because they are near the shepherd!

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  Christian, Inspiration, Sheep

  Elizabeth George (2009). “Quiet Confidence for a Woman's Heart: The Power of God's Restoration and Healing”, p.22, Harvest House Publishers

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• A powerful truth is that if we love the Lord, love His Word, love His people, and love one another, we won't want to gossip.

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  Powerful, People, Gossip

  Elizabeth George (2007). “A Woman After God's Own Heart®--A Daily Devotional”, p.315, Harvest House Publishers

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• Everything in our lives," she said quietly, "leads to everything else in our lives. So a moment in the present has a reference point, both in the past and in the future. I want you to know that you--as you are right now and as you ever will be--are fully enough for this moment . . .

  Elizabeth George

  Past, Want, Moments

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• Do you want to be safe from the influence, ways, and lusts of the world and the flesh (I John 2:16)? From the sins which so easily entangles us (Hebrews 12:1)? Then delight in yourself in the Lord, in His provision, in His Word. Faithfully feed on the things that possess true substance and real meaning. When you remember that "all Scripture is given by inspiration by God and is profitable" (2 Timothy 3:16) and partake of such divine substance, then you are fed, you are led and you are safe!

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  Christian, Peace, Real

  Elizabeth George (2009). “Quiet Confidence for a Woman's Heart: The Power of God's Restoration and Healing”, p.26, Harvest House Publishers

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• Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters.

  Elizabeth George

  Character, Events, Plot

  Elizabeth George (2011). “Write Away: One Novelist's Approach To Fiction and the Writing Life: One Novelist's Approach To Fiction and the Writing Life”, p.46, Hachette UK

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