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Writing is?waiting for the word that may not be there until next Tuesday.


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Outside the open window The morning air is all awash with angels.

Outside the open window The morning air is all awash with angels.



What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.

What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.



All that we do is touched with ocean, and yet we remain on the shore of what we know

All that we do is touched with ocean, and yet we remain on the shore of what we know



Teach me, like you, to drink creation whole/ And casting out myself, become a soul.

Teach me, like you, to drink creation whole/ And casting out myself, become a soul.



The eye is pleased when nature stoops to art.

The eye is pleased when nature stoops to art.



There is a poignancy in all things clear, In the stare of the deer, in the ring of a hammer in the morning. Seeing a bucket of perfectly lucid water We fall to imagining prodigious honesties.

There is a poignancy in all things clear, In the stare of the deer, in the ring of a hammer in the morning. Seeing a bucket of perfectly lucid water We fall to imagining prodigious honesties.



Step off assuredly into the blank of your mind. Something will come to you.

Step off assuredly into the blank of your mind. Something will come to you.



The strength of the genie comes from being in a bottle.

The strength of the genie comes from being in a bottle.



Whatever pains disease may bring Are but the tangy seasoning To Loves delicious fare.

Whatever pains disease may bring Are but the tangy seasoning To Loves delicious fare.



Oh, let there be nothing on earth but laundry, Nothing but rosy hands in the rising steam And clear dances done in the sight of heaven.

Oh, let there be nothing on earth but laundry, Nothing but rosy hands in the rising steam And clear dances done in the sight of heaven.





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No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.



There used to be a time when i thought of god i'd look to the power in the sky, now when i think of god i look at the power within myself.

There used to be a time when i thought of god i'd look to the power in the sky, now when i think of god i look at the power within myself.



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Pet stores just sell their animals.



I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public.

I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public.



Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down.

Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down.



Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.

Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.



I'm trying to use whatever attention is focused on me and divert it to something that really deserves the attention and try and sort of stay out of the way of the rest of the stuff.

I'm trying to use whatever attention is focused on me and divert it to something that really deserves the attention and try and sort of stay out of the way of the rest of the stuff.



What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over, does it?

What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over, does it?



Sometimes fate brings two people together by causing one to misinterpret a smile.

Sometimes fate brings two people together by causing one to misinterpret a smile.



The smaller your work, the bigger your name will become.

The smaller your work, the bigger your name will become.




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