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"Every Saturday morning, first thing before breakfast, his parents held conferences with their children requiring them to answer two questions put to each of them: 1. What have you learned that is true (and how do you know)? 2. What problem do you have?"
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"Through self-development, you can continuously fortify yourself for the next level of increase."

"Knowledge is an intellectual art. Wisdom is a spiritual discipline."

"There is nothing you can do about it. Self-education is the most important thing that can happen to you."

"If you fail an examination, it means you have not yet master the subject. With diligent study and understanding, you will succeed in passing the exams."

"No better school invented yet than the school of loneliness in the matters of understanding our deep-self!"

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"Naturally all of them had a sad story: too much notice, not enough, or the worst kind. Some tale about dragon daddies and false-hearted men, or mean mamas and friends who did them wrong. Each story has a monster in it who made them tough instead of brave, so they open their legs rather than their hearts where that folded child is tucked."


"The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book."


"There was a hint of spring in her sole green eyes, something summery in her complexion, and a rich autumn ripeness in her walk."


"Can't nobody fly with all that shit. Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down."


"I didn't plan on either children or writing. Once I realized that writing satisfied me in some enormous way, I had to make adjustments. The writing was always marginal in terms of time when the children were small. But it was major in terms of my head. I always thought that women could do a lot of things. All the women I knew did nine or ten things at one time. I always understood that women worked, they went to church, they managed their houses, they managed somebody else's houses, they raised their children, they raised somebody else's children, they taught. I wouldn't say it's not hard, but why wouldn't it be? All important things are hard."


"I know it's trash: just another story made up to scare wicked females and correct unruly children. But it's all I have. I know I need something else. Something better. Like a story that shows how brazen women can take a good man down. I can hum to that."
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