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The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist.
This is the gift all writers seek-to write language that incandesces yet does not melt.
...in rebellion against the typical British-type dry flies, I created the Wulff series.
I love to think that the day you're born, you're given the world as a birthday present.
He who remains calm while those around him panic probably doesn't know what's going on.
Women are naturally competitive. That's what drives women to form cliques at early age.
It truly sucks to doubt your friends when you only have one or two of them, I realized.
Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies.
Once he had taken hold, he did not let go. It was not a handshake, it was a possession.
Whatever I want,' he says. 'Yes.' 'I'm afraid you haven't been privy to that dream yet.
The Universe doesn't like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it.
Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.
There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine.
I am an atheist, myself. A simple faith, but a great comfort to me, in these last days.
Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.
For all of us, whether we walk old paths or blaze new trails, friends remain important.
Every day declare for yourself what you want in life. Declare it as though you have it!
I comfortably and easily release the old and and welcome the new in my life. I am safe.
The past is over, so it has no power now. The thoughts of this moment create my future.
The person who is hardest to forgive is the one who can teach you the greatest lessons.
Today is a new day. Today is a day for you to begin creating a joyous, fulfilling life.
When you choose to be angry you are affirming that you want greater anger in your life.
This soft grass suggests 'softness' to me, but also at the same time 'lying-down-ness'.
I want a poem which is made of compression, passion, precision, symmetry, & disruption.
it would be lovely to sleep in a wild cherry-tree all white with bloom in the moonshine
I have really done so few bad things that they have to keep harping on the old ones [.]
We are both going to pray that we may live together all our lives and die the same day.
Oh", she thought, "how horrible it is that people have to grow up-and marry-and change!
All life lessons are not learned at college,'she thought. Life teaches them everywhere.
Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once.
When you're up against a superior enemy, sometimes it's okay to just bow out gracefully
That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.
When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.
I trust you with my life. I'm pretty sure I love you. But more importantly, I like you.
We have to slow the rhythm of rush in our lives so that the best of who are can emerge.
Prayer does make a difference-a life-changing, mind-blowing, earth-rattling difference.
Ensuring a healthy future means investing in the generation who will carry that future.
I discovered that running actually gave me both physical and mental clarity. I love it.
You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve.
I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind
You never want to be completely alone at what you do. Competition is good for everyone.
Giving and receiving pleasure is the nature of the cosmos, the inner nature of reality.
[T]he merciful adjustment which nature makes when what cannot be cured must be endured.
It's not because I've -what is the phrase? -'swept you off your feet' by my -er- ardor?
You can live your life out of a circumstance or you can live your life out of a vision.
Whatever we put out, it's coming back to us. The universe keeps a perfect set of books.
The spiritual commitment is to make every situation an object of devotional connection.
Light is to darkness what love is to fear; in the presence of one the other disappears.
Unforgiveness is like drinking poison yourself and waiting for the other person to die.
Matriarchy is a time-honored staple for any writer looking to invent an exotic society.