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"It is Satan's purpose to steal the seed of truth from your heart by sending distracting thoughts . . . The difference between a Christian and a non-Christian is: though they both may have good and evil thoughts, Christ gives His followers strength to select the right rather than the wrong."

"In the morning, when he entered my room, I grumbled, but he was like the sunlight to me, all the same. One cannot defend oneself against those brats. They take hold of you, they hold you fast, they never let you go again. The truth is, that there never was a cupid like that child."
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"There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints."


"I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about!"


"I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it."


"I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things."
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