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"I do know the sorrow of being ordinary, and that much of our life is spent doing the crazy mental arithmetic of how, at any given moment, we might improve, or at least disguise or present our defects and screw-ups in either more charming or more intimidating ways."
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"What worried him worst at the moment - for it is often little things that are hardest to stand - was that his lip was bleeding where they had hit him and he couldn't wipe the little trickle of blood away although it tickled him."
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"I grunted, hauling the rope hand over hand. A plaintive squeak came from the pulley system with each draw, as if I had strapped some unfortunate mouse to a torture device and was twisting with glee."
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"Every goal has a road block, that is our fear of failure."
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Personal Development
"We lived in the bowels of New York City. It was a struggle just to survive. This nice suburban kid hadn't had to do much of that before."
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"Something they seem to omit to mention in Boston AA when you're new and out of your skull with desperation and ready to eliminate your map and they tell you how it'll all get better and better as you abstain and recover: they somehow omit to mention that the way it gets better and you get better is through pain. Not around pain, or in spite of it."
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"The whole thing could have been uncomfortable if all your wishes were to be drowned in to the sea or passed through a heart of a lion that shed not the innocent blood."
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"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together."
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"The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go."
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"Forgiveness does carry with it numerous obstacles and one may well be surprised why many people find it a very difficult hurdle to jump over."
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"...bow to genius, but to the authority of that genius - not the display of talent..."
Talent
"I'm constantly agitated, restless - I work moments like worry beads until I see your face..."
Emotion
"You listen first with the ears - then, you wait and listen for what your heart feels - then you consider what they've said - then, you reply ..."
Communication
"If you've got writer's block, you aren't empty - maybe it's just like Twitter - overwhelmed, and loading seems to be taking a while..."
Creativity
"If you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone..."
Self
"We have entertained ourselves with the pornography of violence and inflamed passions that might otherwise have slumbered..."
Society
"I'm innocent still -inside me are stained glass windows that have never been broken- and when I see your light it stains my soul with color ..."
Spiritual
"A writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator...."
Art
"I see myself at crossroads in my life, mapless, lacking bits of knowledge - then, the Moon breaks through, lights up the path before me..."
Life
"I love Shakespeare, but sometimes....his images - If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head...."
Literature
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