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There seemed nothing so true as a yellow tree.


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Your numbness is something perhaps you cannot help. It is what the world has done to you. But your coldness. That is what you do to the world.

Your numbness is something perhaps you cannot help. It is what the world has done to you. But your coldness. That is what you do to the world.



This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic.

This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic.



For love to last, you had to have illusions or have no illusions at all. But you had to stick to one or the other. It was the switching back and forth that endangered things.

For love to last, you had to have illusions or have no illusions at all. But you had to stick to one or the other. It was the switching back and forth that endangered things.



Usually she ordered a cup of coffee and a cup of tea, as well as a brownie, propping up her sadness with chocolate and caffeine so that it became an anxiety.

Usually she ordered a cup of coffee and a cup of tea, as well as a brownie, propping up her sadness with chocolate and caffeine so that it became an anxiety.



A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.

A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.



One had to build shelters. One had to make pockets and live inside them.

One had to build shelters. One had to make pockets and live inside them.



They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die.

They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die.



The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, 'Write something you'd never show your mother or father. And you know what they say? I could never do that!'

The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, 'Write something you'd never show your mother or father. And you know what they say? I could never do that!'



She was unequal to anyone's wistfulness. She had made too little of her life. Its loneliness shamed her like a crime.

She was unequal to anyone's wistfulness. She had made too little of her life. Its loneliness shamed her like a crime.



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If one publishes, then one is creating a public record of Learning to Write.





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Even if times got bad, he would never again deny himself the possibility that the future might be happy even if the present was painful. He would allow himself dreams.



I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.



Put a pair of high heels on a fellow and just look what he was reduced to.

Put a pair of high heels on a fellow and just look what he was reduced to.



The problem with me in doing things simply is that I feel I'm not enough. It's all very embarrassing.

The problem with me in doing things simply is that I feel I'm not enough. It's all very embarrassing.



Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account of an historic and ennobling relationship - a great story!

Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account of an historic and ennobling relationship - a great story!



If someone picks up one thing you've written, you want them to go, 'Wow, this is pretty good.'

If someone picks up one thing you've written, you want them to go, 'Wow, this is pretty good.'



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One must explore deep and believe the incredible to find the new particles of truth floating in an ocean of insignificance.



Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether. A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer. All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether. A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer. All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.



Our primordial purpose is to respond to the impulsion from within to solve the mystery of our individual existence, to find and be the authentic Self that is, has been and ever shall be.

Our primordial purpose is to respond to the impulsion from within to solve the mystery of our individual existence, to find and be the authentic Self that is, has been and ever shall be.



When you are plugged into you, anything is possible.

When you are plugged into you, anything is possible.




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