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"It is true that words drop away, and that the important things are often left unsaid. The important things are learned in faces, in gestures, not in our locked tongues. The true things are too big or too small, or in any case is always the wrong size to fit in the template called language."
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"When we miss understanding, we meet misunderstanding. Misunderstanding always pushes understanding far away!"
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"The power of words is in the works of words. People are much more bonded by the works of words than words. The work of words is the trigger of words."
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"I tend to avoid people who always have something to say - and those who expect me to always have something to say."
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"Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.-Caroline to Ursual."
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"Words speak to the the mind through the ears and actions speak to the mind through the eye."
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"One who utters speech that isn't rough But instructive and truthfulSo that he offends no one, Him I call Brahmin."
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"Words don't get accident, hands and tongues drive them wrongly!"
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"If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?"
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"When it occurs without having to voice it - vibin' on the same page, flowin' on the same wave, soakin' up the same light rays."
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"Focus your attention on the quality of your words, and not the quantity, because few sensible talks attracts millions of listeners more than a thousand gibberish."
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"I was sixteen and my mother was about to throw me out of the house forever, for breaking a very big rule, even bigger than the forbidden books. The rule was not just No Sex, but definitely No Sex With Your Own Sex."
Family
"The human heart is my territory. I write about love because it's the most important thing in the world. I write about sex because often it feels like the most important thing in the world."
Love
"I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion."
Character
"Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself."
Life
"Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her world."
Love
"I know from my own experience that suicide is not what it seems. Too easy to try to piece together the fragmented life. The spirit torn in bits so that the body follows."
Emotion
"I have ridden out all the storms, said Shakespeare, "even the ones I wrote myself. Here, look, it begins."
Life
"A meaningless life for a human being has none of the dignity of animal unselfconsciousness; we cannot simply eat, sleep, hunt and reproduce - we are meaning-seeking creatures. The Western world has done away with religion but not with religious impulses; we seem to need some higher purpose, some point to our lives - money and leisure, social progress, are just not enough."
Life
"There's no such thing as effortless beauty--you should know that.There's no effort which is not beautiful--lifting a heavy stone or loving you.Loving you is like lifting a heavy stone. It would be easier not to do it and I'm not quite sure why I am doing it. It takes all my strength and all my determination, and I said I wouldn't love someone again like this. Is there any sense in loving someone you can only wake up to by chance?"
Love
"If there was an elephant in the supermarket, she'd either not see it at all, or call it Mrs Jones and talk about fishcakes."
Humor
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