Sentences are fun. They're a great time. They don't need to be complicated. They can be short. Or they can be really long and rattle on about all sorts of things. The main thing is that you love every sentence you write. Sentences are like people. They need care, love, attention and understanding. Each one wants to be unique, distinct and express themselves. Some writers treat sentences poorly. They treat them as a means to an end. This is wrong. A sentence is an end in itself. Just like how Kant believed everybody was an end in themselves. To be an end. Demands a sentence or a person is never reduced to a means to achieving a desirable end. I may desire to write an essay. I may desire to write a poem. I may desire to write a great deal of things longer than a sentence. But the sentence is everything. A sentence is valuable as a human life.
You don't throwaway a life, ever. The same is true of a sentence. You don't throw one away for poem, a page or an essay. Because if you do, something irretrievable is lost. Instead, if you nurture every sentence and rally them into something bigger than themselves without sacrificing any sentence that wasn't beyond glory. You will find your work is masterful. The masterwork of human society is to construct a beautiful world where every person is allowed to add to society without being humiliated, exploited or denied the means to attaining their true aspirations and dreams. I believe we are making progress toward this lofty goal. But this goal begins and ends with the human individual. And remember, a sentence is valuable as a human being. You either repair them, or lay them to rest, but all must be nurtured.
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