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Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.

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One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.

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You can’t just write and write and put things in a drawer. They wither without the warm sun of someone else’s appreciation.

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I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being concious of living.

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And then, some morning in the second week, the mind wakes, comes to life again. Not in a city sense—no—but beach-wise. It begins to drift, to play, to...more

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There is, of course, always the personal satisfaction of writing down one's own experiences so they may be saved, caught and pinned under glass, hoard...more

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There is, of course, always the personal satisfaction of writing down one's experiences so they may be saved, caught and pinned under glass, hoarded a...more