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Clarissa will be bereaved, deeply lonely, but she will not die. She will be too much in love with life, with London. Virginia imagines someone else, yes, someone strong of body but frail-minded; someone with a touch of genius, of poetry, ground under by the wheels of the world, by war and government, by doctors; a someone who is, technically speaking insane, because that person sees meaning everywhere, knows that trees are sentient beings and sparrows sing in Greek. Yes, someone like that.... Michael Cunningham
Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being. We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order; knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly. Plotinus
Seven Steps to Success1) Make a commitment to grow daily.2) Value the process more than events.3) Don't wait for inspiration.4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity.5) Dream big.6) Plan your priorities.7) Give up to go up. John C. Maxwell
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "If I am going to spend eternity visiting this moment and that,..."
If I am going to spend eternity visiting this moment and that, I'm grateful that so many of those moments are nice. Kurt Vonnegut
Richard Adams quote: "It's the place that worries you," said Hazel. "I don't like it..."
It's the place that worries you," said Hazel. "I don't like it myself, but it won't go on forever. Richard Adams
Jack Kerouac quote: "And then we’ll all go off to sweet life, ‘cause now is the..."
And then we’ll all go off to sweet life, ‘cause now is the time and we all know time! Jack Kerouac
That is why Bias jested with those who were going through the perils of a great storm with him and calling on the gods for help: "Shut up," he said, "so that they do not realize that you are here with me. Michel de Montaigne
To Stay Focused in Life: You can't know everyone. You can't do everything. You can't go everywhere. We have to pick and choose between good and a little bit better. John C. Maxwell
It was likely, then that this—-this stumbling walk on a wet night across a ploughed field-—meant death. Death—-the thing one had always heard of (like love), the thing the poets had written about. So this was how it was going to be. But that was not the main point. C. S. Lewis
Oh, Im not complaining. I know theres a war on. I know a lot of people are going to have to suffer for us to win it. But why must I be one of them? Joseph Heller
There are indeed many wonders, and with regard to the stories people tell one another, it may be that such tales go beyond the true account and, embellished with iridescent lies, beguile them. Pindar
Well, do you do that consciously?" Daily Alice asked, only partly of Cloud. "Do what?" Cloud said. "Grow up? No. Well. In a sense. You see it's inevitable, or refuse to. You greet it or don't -- take it in trade, maybe, for all you're going to lose anyway. Or you can refuse, and have what you've got to lose snatched from you, and never take payment -- never see a trade is possible. John Crowley
We’re too much ourselves. Afraid of letting go of what we are, in case we are nothing, and holding on so tight, we lose everything else. Clive Barker
Let us concentrate all our efforts on achieving perfection through the imperfect gestures of everyday life. True wisdom means respecting the simple things we do, for they can take us where we need to go. Paulo Coelho
I sometimes wonder if it is just me, or if there are other women who figure out where they are supposed to be by going nowhere. Jodi Picoult

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