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Before unearthing this letter, I had questioned myself about the ways in which a book can be infinite. I could think of nothing other than a cyclic volume, a circular one. A book whose last page was identical with the first, a book which had the possibility of continuing indefinitely. Jorge Luis Borges
Haruki Murakami quote: "For a while" is a phrase whose length can't be measured. At..."
For a while" is a phrase whose length can't be measured. At least by the person who's waiting. Haruki Murakami
Those who speak in spiritual terms routinely refer to God as creator but seldom see "creator" as the literal term for "artist". I am suggesting you take the term "creator" quite literally. You are seeking to forge a creative alliance, artist-to-artist with the Great Creator. Accepting this concept can greatly expand your creative possibilities. Julia Cameron
Anne Lamott quote: "Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath."
Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath. Anne Lamott
In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage, can survive. Don’t insist on your rights, don’t blame each other, don’t judge or condemn each other, don’t find fault with each other, but accept each other as you are, and forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts… Dietrich Bonhoeffer
My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line, and kiss my ass. Christopher Hitchens
Lauren Bacall quote: "Imagination is the highest kite that can fly."
Imagination is the highest kite that can fly. Lauren Bacall
John Dewey quote: "The most important attitude that can be formed is that of..."
The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning. John Dewey
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen. Blaise Pascal
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Use language what you will, you can never say anything but..."
Use language what you will, you can never say anything but what you are. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Suddenly the memory of his wife came back to him and, no doubt feeling it would be too complicated to try to understand how he could have yielded to an impulse of happiness at such a time, he confined himself, in a habitual gesture of his whenever a difficult question came to his mind, to passing his hand over his forehead, wiping his eyes and the lenses of his lorgnon. Yet he could not be consoled for the death of his wife, but, during the two years he survived her, would say to my... Marcel Proust
He was thinking of that time, the way one does on long journeys when rootlessness and boredom, lack of sleep or routine can summon from out of nowhere random stretches of the past, make them as real as a haunting. --Solar Ian Mcewan
Stephen King quote: "She ran out of her marriage the way a woman can run out of a..."
She ran out of her marriage the way a woman can run out of a pair of sandals when she decides to let go and really dash. Stephen King
By adherence to a special set of rules, the child of the shabby-genteel can sometimes leap across the time which has passed by his family and function in the real world without doing violence to the hopes his mother held out for him. But those who cannot live within this pattern are the freaks and poets, and they travel a different road to peace. Murray Kempton
Music is much like fucking, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent. Charles Bukowski

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