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Anne Lamott’s priest friend Tom, how to get through: "Left foot, right foot, left foot, breathe," he said. "Right foot, left foot, right foot, breathe." Salon April 25, 2003 Anne Lamott
At such times the universe gets a little closer to us. They are strange times, times of beginnings and endings. Dangerous and powerful. And we feel it even if we don't know what it is. These times are not necessarily good, and not necessarily bad. In fact, what they are depends on what *we* are. Terry Prachett
H. Rider Haggard quote: "As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of..."
As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me. H. Rider Haggard
Joan Rivers quote: "It's been so long since I made love I can't even remember who..."
It's been so long since I made love I can't even remember who gets tied up. Joan Rivers
People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they have not communicated with each other. Martin Luther King jr.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you cannot hold on for a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe
His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceivable how he had existed, how he had succeeded in getting so far, how he had managed to remain -- why he did not instantly disappear. Joseph Conrad
There was so much to learn and it was all fun. But the best part was getting a laugh from an audience. That was like drowning in candy. Hal Holbrook
Lloyd Alexander quote: "If a storyteller worried about the facts - my dear Lucian, how..."
If a storyteller worried about the facts - my dear Lucian, how could he ever get at the truth? Lloyd Alexander
What are the five products you want to focus on? Get rid of the rest, because they’re dragging you down. They’re turning you into Microsoft. They’re causing you to turn out products that are adequate but not great. Walter Isaacson
Prisoner: I get it, good cop, bad cop, eh? Vimes: If you like, but we’re a bit short-staffed today, so if I give you a cigarette, would you mind kicking yourself in the teeth? Terry Prachett
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it..."
The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night. Friedrich Nietzsche
But there are roughly two sorts of informed people, aren't there? People who start off right by observing the pitfalls and mistakes and going round them, and the people who fall into them and get out and know they're there because of that. They both come to the same conclusions but they don't have quite the same point of view. Margery Allingham
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "I'm apt to get drunk on words...Ontology: the word about the..."
I'm apt to get drunk on words...Ontology: the word about the essence of things; the word about being. Madeleine L'Engle
What he wanted was not just to hear about Hailsham, but to remember Hailsham, just like it had been his own childhood. He knew he was close to completing and so that's what he was doing: getting me to describe things to him, so they'd really sink in, so that maybe during those sleepless nights, with the drugs and the paint and the exhaustion, the line would blur between what were my memories and what were his. Kazuo Ishiguro

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