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Write at the edges of the day.

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Nobody loves the head of a dandelion. Maybe because they are so many, strong, and soon.

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No gasp at a miracle that is truly miraculous because the magic lies in the fact that you knew it was there for you all along.

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This is the time for every artist in every genre to do what he or she does loudly and consistently. It doesn't matter to me what your position is. You...more

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At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.

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Daily life took as much as she had. The future was sunset; the past something to leave behind. And if it didn't stay behind, well, you might have to s...more

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I never asked Tolstoy to write for me, a little colored girl in Lorain, Ohio. I never asked [James] Joyce not to mention Catholicism or the world of D...more

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And in all those escapes he could not help being astonished by the beauty of this land that was not his. He his in its breast, fingered its earth for ...more

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Was it hard? I hope she didn't die hard.'Sethe shook her head. 'Soft as cream. Being alive was the hard part.

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Jump, if you want to, ‘cause I’ll catch you, girl. I’ll catch you “fore you fall. Go as far inside as you need to, I’ll hold your ankles. Make sure yo...more

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Good for you. More it hurt more better it is. Can't nothing heal without pain, you know.

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In this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. Love it. Love it hard. Yonder they do not love your f...more

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You know, the kind who know Jesus by His first name, but out of politeness never use it even to His face.

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Although each of her nurses was markedly different from the others in looks, dress, manner of speech, food and medical preferences, their similarities...more

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...maybe you think up North is way different from down South. Don't believe it and don't count on it. Custom is just as real as law and can be just as...more