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People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.

John Steinbeck

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.
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Change Hide Men
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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Darkness Grief Light Loss
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
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Ideas Thinking Yourself
I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Believe Love Myself
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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Difficult Experience Life Problem
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
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Moments People See
No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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Advice Business Entrepreneur
I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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Reality Romance War
With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.
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Mistake Ourselves Shine
To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
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Death Sad Story Writing
Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.
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Conversion Men World
Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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Fight God Philosophy Prayer
I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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Believe Life Myself People See
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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Animal Couple Ideas Inspirational Wisdom
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking

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