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How sad now never to see men holding hands, while everywhere one looks they are holding guns.

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It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are.

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My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.

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For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot of life. The writing has been really a byproduct of that.

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no person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow and be perceived as fully blossomed as you were intended. Or who belittles in any fashion the gifts you labor so to bring into the world.

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It's so important to unclutter the mind. For me, creativity is greatly impeded just by the chatter and visual clutter of life. It's really important to have a space that is really clear for whatever is emerging to come.

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Anything we love can be saved.

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... my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.

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we are the ones we have been waiting for

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I think colors are miraculous. We live in a universe that is extremely creative and magical. We become happier as we appreciate these things in nature.

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It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone.

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If I could live as a tree, as a river, as the moon, as the sun, as a star, as the earth, as a rock, I would. ...Writing permits me to experience life as any number of strange creations.

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It must become a right of every person to die of old age. And if we secure this right for ourselves, we can, coincidentally, assure it for the planet.

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I know from having had a child, and from having been a child myself, that children will copy you. So, the best way to get them to read, is to read. The best way to get them to do anything is to do it yourself, and they will absolutely copy you. That way, you don't have to worry about what's supposedly age appropriate, a child will pick something up when the child is ready.

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Resistance is the secret of joy!

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My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

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Guided by my heritage of a love of beauty and a respect for strength - in search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

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Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.

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Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored

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Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored

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