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Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.

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And we mustn't lose our sense of humor," Mrs. Which said. "The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly.

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Growing up is a process that never ends. It isn't a point you attain so you can say, Hooray, I'm grown up. Some people never grow up. And nobody ever ...more

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It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important.

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In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not for my absolute faith in the lovi...more

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A book, too, can be a star 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly.

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If we all knew each morning that there was going to be another morning, and on and on and on, we's tend not to notice the sunrise, or hear the birds, ...more

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If I'm confused, or upset, or angry, if I can go out and look at the stars I'll almost always get back a sense of proportion. It's not that they make ...more

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Creativity is a way of living life, no matter what our vocation, or how we earn our living. Creativity is not limited to the arts...

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If we are to be aware of life while we are living it, we must have the courage to relinquish our hard-earned control of ourselves.

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But when the world is, indeed, in chaos, then an affirmation of cosmos becomes essential.

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Obedience is an unpopular word nowadays, but the artist must be obedient to the work, whether it be a symphony, a painting, or a story for a small chi...more