I like to put quotes or lines from a book or poem at chapter beginnings in my Book Magic books, as well as in the women’s fiction novel I’m currently writing. They ground the chapter for me, and underscore the theme or emotion I want readers to take from it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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One of my daughter’s best friends gave her this book of poetry for Christmas. I flipped through it one evening and found so many lines to use as chapter openers in my books.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The book is called Every Word You Cannot Say, by Iain S. Thomas⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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It’s visual. It’s uplifting and all about empowerment and self reflection, with a positive spin. It’s a great book to pick up when you want or need to be reminded that you are important. That you are special. That you being here matters. And that you are certainly not alone.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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This is one I love:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Every single life you touch, moves the story forward/⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
And so, if you’re kind, your story becomes part of many stories/⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
But life is not special because of what happens after it’s over/⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Life is special because life is special./⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Your story is special./⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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And whether you know it or not, you are adding new words to it every single day./⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
If things are good, they will change If things are bad, they will change./⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Because change is the nature of every story./⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What words will you add to it today?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What words will you add to your story today? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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