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When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep


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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.



The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.



Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.

Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.



At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.



To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision.

To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision.



I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss



Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.



Language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals.

Language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals.




It may be enough, however, to have it said that we survive in exact relationship to the dedication of our poets (include preachers, musicians, and blues singers).

It may be enough, however, to have it said that we survive in exact relationship to the dedication of our poets (include preachers, musicians, and blues singers).





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