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"I saw this was the way of the future, to leave the past behind as if it were a dream."
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"I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays."

"I really feel like the gift is also the curse. It's always half-and-half. Whatever brings you the most joy will also probably bring you the most pain. Always a price to pay."

"Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold."

"I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes."

"Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time!"

"I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life."

"I don't think I make much of a distinction between the 'real' and the 'fantastic.' They both seem to be threads in the same cloth as far as I'm concerned."

"After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction."

"Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people."
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"When you leave a port, ask yourself two questions: What mark you have made on that port and what have you learned from that port?"

"The laws is not meant to destroy us. But our disobedience leads to our own destruction."

"Whether you are aware of it or not, your life is still disappearing. It's pouring out, it keeps diminishing."

"You never know what people have endured to get where they are."

"Why do you compare yourself to others? Can you carry weight of others on your shoulders?"

"Find time to admire and appreciate the glittering lights on snowflakes."

"Always account for each unit of passing time."

"To reflect God's image is a lifestyle."

"Everyone should think about why certain undesirable situations occur in life."

"Knowing my soul is my lifetime-study."
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