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He might never really do what he said, but at least he had it in mind. He had somewhere to go.
Remember, in the vast infinity of life, all is perfect, whole, and complete... and so are you.
Fathers represent another way of looking at life - the possibility of an alternative dialogue.
Some things in life are not pleasant but they have to be done. For instance, German and maths.
That is one consolation when you are poor—there are so many more things you can imagine about.
There are a great many people who do not understand things so there is no use in telling them.
But the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts.
At seventeen dreams DO satisfy because you think the realities are waiting for you farther on.
In truth, I don't want to be there. I don't want to see the light go out of my brother's eyes.
Old characters never die, but I do need to take a break from them in order to create new ones.
It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow.
I so desperately want my words to be indicative of how deeply and completely I love my people.
Writings like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less.
Not all guys that look a certain way or dress a certain way or act a certain way are the same.
Do I believe in ghosts?...I am prepared to consider evidence and accept it if it satisfies me.
Motherhood is all-encompassing, and in a way, as the mother, you're the star of the household.
We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.
What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.
If Stephen Harper took off his shirt in public, I'm not sure he'd raise any money for charity.
I'm pretty much an out-front, straightforward chick, and I get a bit confused by expectations.
You're easily distracted by the pattern of the cloth and can't see the quality of the threads.
I trust life not because I trust the world, but because I trust the God who lives in my heart.
When you turn your life over to God, you don't give up the drama; you give up the cheap drama.
When we are truly aware of our spiritual glory, a varicose vein or two is not that big a deal.
Mom used to say that having three boys was kind of like having a pet tornado that talked back.
Even disasters -- there are always disasters when you travel -- can be turned into adventures.
Writing, for me, is always a dance between the critical part of my brain and the subconscious.
It is more difficult ... to rule the King's favorites than for the favorites to rule the King.
The picture we present to ourselves of who we think we ought to be obscures who we really are.
If you are going to worship a guy who was crucified, don't expect life to be pop and Skittles.
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do.
Our opinions do not really blossom into fruition until we have expressed them to someone else.
Death is the starlit strip between the companionship of yesterday and the reunion of tomorrow.
To do right is wonderful. To teach others to do right is even more wonderful--and much easier.
But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.
Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.
Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.
A group of men in evening clothes looks like a flock of crows, and is just about as inspiring.
The banging and slamming and booming and crashing were something beyond belief. [On Lohengrin]
Learning to play two pairs is worth about as much as a college education, and about as costly.
One of my theories is that the hearts of men are about alike, no matter what their skin color.
The waves most washed me off the raft sometimes, but I hadn't any clothes on, and didn't mind.
Heaven will ask things of you at some point, perhaps small things at first. You must be ready.
As soon as you think you know someone else's truth better than they do, you are in deep water.
When enough individuals arrive at the same gut feeling, a company can be said to have a brand.
I still have this deep-down fear that if I go poking into the bushes I might find a dead body.
I just think perfection and lasting through the ages is for Greek statues, not us mere humans.
It is interesting that Satan, who voted for 'no opposition', has become the main source of it!
Nobility of character manifests itself at loop-holes when it is not provided with large doors.