Intention

All writing, even the clumsy kind, exposes in its loops and slants a yearning deeper than an intention, the soul of the writer flopping on the clothes-peg of his exclamation mark.

—Paul Theroux

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

—Abraham Lincoln

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

—Augusten Burroughs