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Quotes by Author
"Since then, I have just read and read - but, that said, I suppose there is a raft of writers to whom I return again and again, not so much because I want to write like them, even if I were capable of it, but simply for a sort of stylistic shot in the arm."
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"Meeting people where they are, talk to people at their wave length. Become a lighthouse! Let people see your shine to become inspired."
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"She felt something missing in her soul. It wasn't until she landed in Edinburgh that she realized that missing piece was the wild, mystical land."
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"And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And how many people enjoyed good times with those songs. And how much those songs really mean. I think it would be great to have written one of those songs. I bet if I wrote one of them, I would be very proud. I hope the people who wrote those songs are happy. I hope they feel it's enough. I really do because they've made me happy. And I'm only one person."
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"I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor a sappy spirituality that portrays God as such a benign teddy bear that there is no aberrant behavior or desire of mine that he will not condone. I want a relationship with the Abba of Jesus, who is infinitely compassionate with my brokenness and at the same time an awesome, incomprehensible, and unwieldy Mystery."
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"And at that point, I think my experience in covering the subject helped me. I think editors felt comfortable with the idea of me telling this story because I had demonstrated that I know this business pretty well."
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"These Moments Cascade Upon One Another"Here at shepherd's dusk, in a valley without echo, I listen for you. With a frayed longing, I hear your shadow voice whispering within me from far away. I grasp at what is left of this husky sun lying golden upon the upper meadows of lodge pole and bear grass. I gather the last remnants of the evening's breeze, so cool and lazy within my arms, feeling it curl up like a small and innocent kitten. And I see that behind a cloak of clouds, dalliance suits the canting moon. Suddenly I do not wish to lose another moment, And I covet all pristine light."
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"Not money, not fame and not positions can transform an enemy into a friend but rather, it is love that can do such a job."
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"Smiled. The type of smile that men drive all night in a blinding rainstorm on their bike to see. The type of smile that keep men fighting brutal wars for years in the vain of hope of seeing it again. The type of smile that made me come to my feet, because if i didn't, I'd fall to my knees."
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"Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits."
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"Are you kidding? He's arrogant, sarcastic, likes to intimidate people, and-oh." Okay. Maybe she had a point."
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"I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because he will find an easy way to do it."
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"What, no flirting? I asked, trying to buy time. 'Aren't you going to at least try to be sexy? Think of all those vampire fans out there-they'd be so disappointed. I pulled out my silver knife. Probably should have paid more attention during my knife training. 'Tell you what. Let me go and I promise not to tell anyone that you aren't suave."
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"Life is a worthwhile journey."
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"Kitty need's a tounge bath."
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"There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons."
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"When the most important things in our life happen we quite often do not know, at the moment, what is going on. A man does not always say to himself, "hullo! i'm growing up." It is only when he looks back that he realises what has happened and recognises it as what people call "growing up."
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"How exactly does one break the news to her husband that she's standing in a closet with the dead body of one of their dinner guests?"
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"All social workers want is to get everyone involved in a programme. Because a programme provides full employment for three generations of social workers. And they mess up."
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"I just follow God's lead. One step, one day and one opportunity at a time. The hardest part is not becoming distracted."
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"Maybe I got a few words wrong, but that's so near how the conversation went, I'm going to call it truth."
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"Looking back you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life- and it was you. It is not too late to find that person again."
Life,
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"Every moment of your life that is not a complete nightmare is happiness."
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"To remember friendship is to recall those conversations that it seemed a sin to break off."
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"We are chained by our own control. Life is nothing more than finding the key that unlocks every part of our soul."
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"Perhaps that is the real surprise of love; it exists, but one may not attribute causes and effects to it. The existence may appear to be a mere fallacy to the minds of some, and by the time they realise what hit them, they would already be down and dead."
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"And she told you something about yourself you really ought to know: that you're beautiful, and worth loving."
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"At the end of the day, love and compassion will win."
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"She knew from her visions that she would be one of them, one of the chosen, set apart and marked for her mate. Unlike her, the other chosen women lived on earth, regenerated from the soul of a lost love, the most cherished of the heart, a Destoul."
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"I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me."
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"Attitude shapes reality."
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"You want the book to be special, and they are not always going to be special, but at least you want that to be the ambition. So the only way that happens is if you are not pressing to write a book."
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"Generosity is not only giving but also a sign of caring."
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"Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination."
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"I am Stephanie Lahart! An intelligent, empowered, and confident Black Queen. Purposely Fearless!"
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"Three men sat around a table. All were muscled and similarly greasy and easily identifiable as scum. As he breached the entrance all three were moving, drawing their own guns in surprise.Only one got off a shot."
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"I was still water, held by my surroundings.I am now a river, carving my own path."
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