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"The mine is always bigger than the gem."
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"Many writers, especially male ones, have told us that it is the decease of the father which opens the prospect of one's own end, and affords an unobstructed view of the undug but awaiting grave that says 'you're next.' Unfilial as this may seem, that was not at all so in my own case. It was only when I watched Alexander [my own son] being born that I knew at once that my own funeral director had very suddenly, but quite unmistakably, stepped onto the stage. I was surprised by how calmly I took this, but also by how reluctant I was to mention it to my male contemporaries."
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"A real value of our lives is in how we use our time as we journey from the womb to the tomb. A great difference between the womb and the tomb is the w and the t! Wasted time! We waste great and precious time as we journey from the womb to the tomb; in the end, we remember the w and the t in a simple statement of regret, 'had I known' ! The wasted time!"
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"Think of your personal and professional life-are you attracting what you want? Are you attracting the kind of people you like? Do you feel that life is working for you or against you? How have others been treating you? Are you pleased with your results?"
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"I don't dream. Come to think of it, i haven't had any dreams in a long time."
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"The play of a pain is a party."
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"They didn't speak as the sun slowly sank before them. Why was it most colorful when it was about to vanish for the night? Was it angry at being forced belong the horizon? Or was it a showman, giving a performance before retiring?Why was the most colorful part of people's bodies-the brightness of their blood-hidden beneath the skin, never to be seen unless something went wrong?"
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"Uncanny situations, reasons to ponder for action!"
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"I sometimes wonder if I am crisscrossing my father's ghostly paths and we are entering same towns or roadside diners or the black ribbons of highways that gleam in the night rain. As if we were images in a time-lapse photograph."
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"We tell our secrets to the dark."
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"It's hard to find time to think about Kansas."
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"A loan is the scissors of friendship.A man's own tongue may cut his throat.The cage has no value without the bird."
Friendship


"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."
Self-Control


"Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information."
Judgment


"A real secret is something which only one person knows."
Mystery


"I ask about the sky, but the answer is about a rope."
Mystery


"The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age."
Behavior


"When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts."
Future


"The impatient man is his own enemy, he slams the door on his own progress."
Behavior


"ServiceI will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages.Rabia el-Adawia."
Service


"He discards a quilt for fear of bugs."
Behavior
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