Publisher's Synopsis
THE NURSE AND THE WRITERby craig lock"One cannot always tell what it is that keeps us shut in, confines us, seems to bury us, but still one feels certain barriers, certain gates, certain walls. is all this imagination, fantasy? I do not think so. And then one asks: My God! Is it for long, is it for ever, is it for eternity? Do you know what frees one from this captivity? It is very deep serious affection. Being friends, being brothers, love, that is what opens the prison by supreme power, by some magic force." - Vincent Van Goch, letter to his brother, July 1880 (from Open: An autobiography by Andre Agassi) "I was taught that everything is attainable, if you're prepared to give up, to sacrifice to get it. Whatever you want to do, you can do it, if you want to do it badly enough. However, most humans quit too soon in life."- a famous quote by Stirling Moss* in 'All but My Life' * (the writer's boy hood hero)"I don't believe so much in setting goals...but rather in going for your wildest dreams.""Life is about finding, then following the dream...and one's dream/vision comes to reality through believing inyourself, making the commitment and then creating it."- -the writer"We learn far more from our tears than from our laughter" "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. " - Ralph Waldo EmersonDEDICATIONFor G and S, you 'guys' are the greatest joy in my life, a "glorious happening"... and yes, for you too beautiful M for producing them. "When love endures, hope inevitably follows.When hope endures, dreams live on"- craigNow let's write the story...
