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I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right.

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Love is a condition so powerful; it may be that which pulls the stars in the firmament. It may be that which pushes and urges the blood in the veins. Courage: you have to have courage to love somebody because you risk everything-ever ything.

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Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill.

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What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,’.... And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.

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I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy.

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There is no place where God is not.

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In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons.

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I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.

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And one of my absolute favorite quotes of all-time, one that I've adopted as one of my greatest life mottos: Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

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I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

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Have a purpose to your life: Purpose does not mean having a job...You can have a job and still be unfulfilled.

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That's the biggest gift I can give anybody: 'Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you're doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.'

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Hope does not take away your problems. It can lift you above them.

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I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

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The charitable say in effect, 'I seem to have more than I need and you seem to have less than you need. I would like to share my excess with you.' Fine, if my excess is tangible, money or goods, and fine if not, for I learned that to be charitable with gestures and words can bring enormous joy and repair injured feelings.

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Faith is the evidence of the unseen.

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I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.

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All great acheivements require time.

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Soft you day, be velvet soft, My true love approaches, Look you bright, you dusty sun, Array your golden coaches. Soft you wind, be soft as silk My true love is speaking. Hold you birds, your silver throats, His golden voice I'm seeking. Come you death, in haste, do come My shroud of black be weaving, Quiet my heart, be deathly quiet, My true love is leaving.

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Each time I write a book, every time I face that yellow pad, the challenge is so great. I have written eleven books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody and they’re going to find me out.

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