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"There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance."

"Truth is Mormonism. God is the author of it."

"But there is no withdrawal, but with tobacco there is terrible withdrawal, it is almost impossible for a lot of people. I did , I went cold turkey, they never had any patches in those days but grass was not difficult, alcohol not difficult, but tobacco - oh my god."

"The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him."
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"I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it."


"In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things."


"Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure."


"I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on."


"One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits."


"My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends."


"It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded."


"If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer."
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