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Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love – but sometimes it was so hard to love.

Yann Martel

Why make dirty what is beautiful, spoil what is perfect? Love.
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Beautiful Beauty Dirty
If you don’t have dreams, how do you maneuver reality? Where do you get the ideas to change reality if not from dreams?
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Dream Ideas Reality
Misery loves company, and madness calls it forth.
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Company Madness Misery
Just do it. Get it down on the page. Work hard. And then let go. Ask yourself why you want to write. You have to be clear about that.
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Go Hard Work Letting Writing
Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it’s true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to get to emotional and psychological truths.
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Emotional Fiction Real
Quickly you make rash decisions. You dismiss your last allies: hope and trust. There, you’ve defeated yourself. Fear, which is but an impression, has triumphed over you.
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Allies Decision Over You
Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life.
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Life Lifeboat
You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.
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Cheer Graduation Inspiring
There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God… These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside.
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Defend Failing People Realizing
First wonder goes deepest; wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first.
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Firsts Fit Wonder
I am reminded of a story of Lord Krishna when he was a cowherd. Every night he invites the milkmaids to dance with him in the forest. They come and they dance. The night is dark, the fire in their midst roars and crackles, the beat of the music gets ever faster.
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Crackle Faster Forest Girl Jealous Music Sweet
I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.
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Illusion Months Week
He’s a shy man. Life has taught him not to show off what is most precious to him.
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Men Shy Taught
I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people’s minds.
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Mind People Stories
Don’t you bully me with your politeness!
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Bully People Politeness
Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.
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Animal Important Training

Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love – but sometimes it was so hard to love.

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