Truth Quote by Brenda Ueland — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“...at last I understood that writing was this: an impulse to share with other people a feeling or truth that I myself had.”

“Man makes history; woman is history. The reproduction of the species is feminine: it runs steadily and quietly through all species, animal or human, through all short-lived cultures. It is primary, unchanging, everlasting, maternal, plantlike, and cultureless. If we look back we find that it is synonymous with life itself.”

“The truly awful thing about beauty is that it reminds us of our limits. Beauty is a kind of unrelenting cruelty. It takes truth, hones it to a terrifying keenness, and uses it to slice us to the bone.”

“Actions defined a man; words were a fart in the wind.”

“The American generals could only think in terms of large armies and huge battles. They believed or hoped that an enemy who chose to hide in jungles and tunnels would quickly be flushed out by American fire-power and then die in open battle.”

“We all have stories we tell ourselves, until we believe them to be true.”

“There is nothing to writing, all you have to do is, sit on the computer and bleed your thoughts.”