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Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.

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There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

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Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.

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I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

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Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.

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Money doesn't have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person. It doesn't. What matters is what you make. Whether it's a cake for bingo night or a costume for a saint or a wall of water-whatever you pour into this life is what makes you rich.

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The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk, with full knowledge that the person you married has agreed, no matter how large a horse's ass you are, to stay by your side until death. A fool could tell you this is a bad deal.

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Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.

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The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.

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That's when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you - without you asking.

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Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.

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Motherhood changes everything.

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I will probably always cry myself to sleep, but knowing this, someday the tears won't be sad, or filled with regret. Maybe they will be joyful

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The only urgent thing in life is the pursuit of love. You get that one right, and you've solved the mystery.

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I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up.

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If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens, you will end up disappointed. Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on. I ask myself, If I knew all the answers, would it help? I lie awake and wonder why I don’t have parents and wonder what will become of my brother and me. But when the morning comes, I realize that there’s nothing to be done about what has already happened. I can only get up and do my chores and push through the day and find the good in it.

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Isn't this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives. We worry only about those we brought into this world, regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.

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Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.

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I have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

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Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room. One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.

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