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So it was scary, but that's how it goes. To my great delight, I discovered that it did all belong.
No Way Back is my kind of novel - a tough, taut thriller - Mofina knows the world he writes about.
I trust the readers to build their own visual images. To me, that's part of the wonder of reading.
As a matter of fact I had a terribly traumatic childhood. But afterward I sort of reraised myself.
Everywhere you turn you see Americans sacrifice their long-term interests for a short-term reward.
Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.
The secret of happiness is simply this... your happiness does NOT depend on getting what you want.
Farms produce a lot more than food; they also produce a kind of landscape and a kind of community.
In reality, the monotheist texts preach neither peace, love nor tolerance. They are texts of hate.
Chaos is the soul of creation. It plows the ground of intuition. Without chaos, nothing will grow.
The gods where like the weather; sometimes good, sometimes bad, and either way, always beyond her.
contemplating the misfortunes of others does not lighten one's own trouble but instead adds to it.
Your own body is a manifestation of God, and if you honor your body everything will change for you
For many years, I used to pray as an act of power, but that was before I had 100% faith in myself.
Contrary to popular thinking, being worthy isn't something you earn, it's something you recognize.
A word on miracles.... Don't let those that have not yet transpired, blind you to those that have.
Well, that’s not something you see every day. Go tell your father that Grandma needs the grenades.
Just once, I want to meet the villain in a cheerful, brightly lit room. Possibly one with kittens.
I was definitely a late bloomer and didn't really come into my own until I was probably in my 20s.
I give myself a good cry if I need it, but then I concentrate on all good things still in my life.
With endless time, nothing is special. With no loss or sacrifice, we can’t appreciate what we have
Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away.
For as spiritual as some people think my books are, I've never really dealt with religious things.
I know I cannot undo this. None of us can undo what we’ve done, or relive a life already recorded.
You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.
resisting life, he finds that the Self is more than his own being; it includes the whole universe.
Bodies wear out to remind us they are temporary, and force us to spend more thought on our spirits
As far as I am concerned, poetry is a statement concerning the human condition, composed in verse.
A relationship is not two halves coming together to make a whole. Each of you is already complete.
Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, doubtless two of the most exquisitely adolescent of fictions.
If you hold strong convictions against gay marriage, you shouldn't apply for a job as a registrar.
What makes 'The Handmaid's Tale' so terrifying is that everything that happens in it is plausible.
No one in tech has ever been as sexist toward me as teachers and rabbis before I was 12 years old.
The only thing over which you have complete right of control at all times is your mental attitude.
A positive mental attitude is an irresistible force that knows no such thing as an immovable body.
Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.
Success attracts success and failure attracts failure because of the law of harmonious attraction.
What are more delightful than one's emotions when approaching a trout stream for the initial cast?
Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough.
Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.
The payoff of a human venture is, in general, inversely proportional to what it is expected to be.
Is there anything more dangerous to the cause of liberty than a politician fixated on re-election?
Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.
Religion asks you to learn from the experience of others. Spirituality urges you to seek your own.
Your life is about everyone whose life you touch, and it is about the way in which you touch them.
In this complex world, we all need God's Divine wisdom and guidance more than we ever have before.
Live authentically. Live your truth. And if you love me for anything, love me because I live mine.
A thing is only right or wrong because you say it is. A thing is not right or wrong intrinsically.
Because our choices are largely based on survival. But if life is eternal, life is not a question.
I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something.