There is something nice about a library, isn't there?" Mr. Curtis said. He nodded and took in the familiar scenery. "The scent of ink and worn, dusty pages.

You can't throw kindling on a fire and deny you kept it burning. And right now, cowardice is that kindling.

You can do this by disciplining yourself to be selective in what you read, see, hear, say to yourself and the influence of others.

It is very easy to fall in the ocean of love and feel great, but it's difficult to get out of the river of love and forget.

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Our unconscious is the key to our life's pursuits.

Because the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town. You can save face but you won't ever save your soul. And that's a fact.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

Because I had grown up with Jane Austen novels and period dramas, I was very familiar with that period and that world.

It's like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.

But I'd play on everything from pop records to a lot of the glam stuff to rock stuff to classical stuff. I used to get called to do all those things, it was great.

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