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You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

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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
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
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
We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.
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Animals Men Zoos
Artists invent things as a way of telling the truth.
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Artist Telling Truth Way
Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.
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Animal Important Training
If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn’t love hard to believe?
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Belief Believe Book Life
We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat.
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Boat Figuratively Literally
We are all born like Catholics, aren’t we—in limbo, without religion, until some figure introduces us to God?
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Born Catholic Introducing
Christianity is a religion in a rush. Look at the world created in seven says. Even on a symbolic lovel, that’s creation in frenzy.
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Christianity Looks World
Afterwards, when it’s all over, you meet God. What do you say to God?
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Afrerwards God Over
In a movie, you need good actors, whereas in a book, you don’t, unless you have a really bad imagination. In a book, your imagination will do the acting for you. Also, the process of revelation is often different. Tension is achieved in a different way.
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Acting Book Imagination
You may not believe in life, but I don’t believe in death. Move on!
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Believe May Moving
I explore it now in the only place left for it, my memory.
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Left Memories Place
Stories–individual stories, family stories, national stories–are what stitch together the disparate elements of human existence into a coherent whole. We are story animals.
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Animal Stories Together
Life and death live and die in exactly the same spot, the body. It is from there that both babies and cancers are born.
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Baby Cancer Death Life

You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

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