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I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime
...the essential intention is the real sin. A man who cannot choose ceases to be a man.
One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness.
A child is not frightened at the thought of being patiently transmuted into an old man.
Action and personal happiness have no truck with each other; they are eternally at war.
Let a man in a garret but burn with enough intensity and he will set fire to the world.
To become a man is to be responsible; to be ashamed of miseries that you did not cause.
We are pleased with one who instantly assents to our opinions, but we love a proselyte.
Those people who occupy a territory determine the nature of the society in that region.
There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
Women on trains have a life that is exactly livable the precision of days flashing past
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Truth cannot be taught but it is quickly recognised by the person ready to discover it.
There should be a connection between a man's hairstyle and what matters to him in life.
As a society, we've become terrified of failure, but you can't grow without risking it.
I try and eat really healthy when I'm home, but I certainly don't eat worms and snakes.
I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet - each of us in our own way
It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.
Don't do things to not die, do things to enjoy living. The by-product may be not dying.
Most people I know feel that life would be complete if they could just lose ten pounds.
They all laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now.
Toronto deserves Rob Ford; they put him in office. Toronto deserves everything it gets.
I've read a lot of books, so I know bunches of stuff that sounds like it could be true.
Throughout his life the memory of that happy day stayed locked secretly in (his) heart.
I've never gotten anything but support and thanks from people for having diverse books.
The older we get, the swifter time seems to pass and the quicker memories seem to fade.
The bottom line: If you want a happier family, bring those skeletons out of the closet.
For some people, the way that they're perceived by the outside world is not a priority.
I like the fact that people are surprised by my age. I like the fact that I get carded.
Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her.
Poetry is the capture of a picture, a song, or a flair, in a deliberate prism of words.
Would it be possible to find a more ungrateful boy, or one with less heart than I have!
Lord, give me the heart of a child, and the awesome courage to live it out as an adult.
Many a man who has known himself at ten forgets himself utterly between ten and thirty.
And what would they be scared of? There's nothing to fear in a perfect world, is there?
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.
As we get older, life becomes very complicated in terms of concessions we have to make.
All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.
"Oh!" said my aunt, "I was not aware at first to whom I had the pleasure of objecting."
No eye to watch, and no tongue to wound us, All earth forgot, and all heaven around us.
An album is a garden, not for show Planted, but use; where wholesome herbs should grow.
Farewell, farewell to thee, Araby's daughter! Thus warbled a Peri beneath the dark sea.
In general, a little controversy isn't harmful: if anything, it gets people interested.
This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles.
The ways in which we are able to express courage also depend on the hand life deals us.
We never can just stop time. Or take moments back. Life doesn't work that way, does it?
In reality I feel as horrified as a ghetto Jew watching the rise of National Socialism.