A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
TONI MORRISONThere is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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You are your own stories.
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From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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There’s a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. If you write for life, you’ll work hard; you’ll do what’s honest, not what pays.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
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