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Rest fixed most things. Sleep was my sweet reward. I treated bedtime as both incentive and sacrament.


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The trees were friendly, they gave me rest and shadowed refuge. Slipping through them, I felt safe and competent. My whole body was occupied. I had little energy to think or worry.

The trees were friendly, they gave me rest and shadowed refuge. Slipping through them, I felt safe and competent. My whole body was occupied. I had little energy to think or worry.



Beneath hot sun, desert roses bloomed. Under cold moon, I still refused to.

Beneath hot sun, desert roses bloomed. Under cold moon, I still refused to.



Water was liquid silver, water was gold. It was clarity—a sacred thing. Drinking was no longer something to take for granted. I’d never needed to consider water before.

Water was liquid silver, water was gold. It was clarity—a sacred thing. Drinking was no longer something to take for granted. I’d never needed to consider water before.



There was so little I wanted to carry. Packing my backpack took me all of four minutes

There was so little I wanted to carry. Packing my backpack took me all of four minutes



The bravest thing I ever did was leave there. The next bravest thing I did was come back, to make myself heard.

The bravest thing I ever did was leave there. The next bravest thing I did was come back, to make myself heard.



I’d believed I needed to be steady in myself before I could function with others—but surviving alone no longer felt like a good way either.

I’d believed I needed to be steady in myself before I could function with others—but surviving alone no longer felt like a good way either.



I realized that the most empowering important thing was actually simply taking care of myself.

I realized that the most empowering important thing was actually simply taking care of myself.



I was promising myself strength.I had to write it, say it, make the effort and fake it before I actually believed I could do it.

I was promising myself strength.I had to write it, say it, make the effort and fake it before I actually believed I could do it.



I was the director of my life, it was already true, and I would soon lead myself to my dreamed-of destinations.It was the task of my one thousand miles of solitude.

I was the director of my life, it was already true, and I would soon lead myself to my dreamed-of destinations.It was the task of my one thousand miles of solitude.



I no longer needed to peel myself of my skin, or to hide. To Dash the colorless ephemeral things that existed just beneath my surface were as vivid as the beauty marks he traced on my cheek.

I no longer needed to peel myself of my skin, or to hide. To Dash the colorless ephemeral things that existed just beneath my surface were as vivid as the beauty marks he traced on my cheek.





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But I was beginning to intuit that full-blown maturity was not so very different from childhood. Both states in their extreme were all about following the rules.

But I was beginning to intuit that full-blown maturity was not so very different from childhood. Both states in their extreme were all about following the rules.



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Manhattan's probably one of the bluest parts in the country, and Indiana's definitely one of the redder states. I have sympathy for both sides.



What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It's the only thing that there's just too little of.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It's the only thing that there's just too little of.



For too long we have been taking, and the Earth has been giving. But that free-for-all, that all-you-can-eat buffet, it's over. The salad bar is closed.

For too long we have been taking, and the Earth has been giving. But that free-for-all, that all-you-can-eat buffet, it's over. The salad bar is closed.



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The most important playwright's gift is to hit your time and speak to your time.



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I see the dance being used as a means of express what is too deep, too fine for words.



If it could have happened through a film that I was associated with, it would have made be doubly proud. It makes me proud anyway. I am not disappointed.

If it could have happened through a film that I was associated with, it would have made be doubly proud. It makes me proud anyway. I am not disappointed.




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