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"I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine."
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"Every once in a while God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the miraculous body attached to it."

"Anything great will only be appreciated if I am given the opportunity to feel the absence of it, or experience the reversal of it. It is only then that I can even begin to understand its majesty and cherish it in the manner I should have all along."

"If you want to know the value of a day, ask someone who could not find food to eat or water to drink for a whole day when he is hungry."

"Water on earth came from space. Everything which is there was once upon a time not there and everything which is there shall return again to wherever they come from! When you see a beautiful ocean, or beautiful anything, remember this and appreciate them well!"

"Many things that don't really mean so much of anything, are wonderful."

"Fantasizing about the future is not wrong until and unless you are not missing the beauty of the present!"

"When we don't see the value of a thing, we don't put the protective edge."

"I love all things, not only the grand but the infinitely small: thimble, spurs, plates, flower vases....."

"Always celebrate people for who they are."

"You cannot truly enjoy a flower until you can see her inner beauty and feel her purpose of life."
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"It allows you to say things that sound very dramatic and get away with it. If you had characters in modern fiction say the same things as they're driving down the street in an Oldsmobile they'd sound ludicrous!"

"After that, I came back every year. Everyone said, 'Well, when you retire you can move there.' But I said, 'Why should I live my whole life where I don't want to be.'"

"Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story."

"I had to live this long, have the experiences I've had, to create what I do. I knew I wanted to write for years, but I had to be ready so I wouldn't blow it. The move to Maine was the final step."
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