"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."
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"We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon."
"Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly."
"Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not demanding more from yourself - expanding and learning as you go - you're choosing a numb existence. You're denying yourself an extraordinary trip."
"I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you."
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
"His name was Tom Tombstone, and if he had a middle name it was probably Death. But I didn’t call him Tom, or even Mr. Tombstone, because he introduced himself as Robert Winston. And I wondered how this stranger could shake my hand, look me in the eye, smile, and expect me to believe such a bold-faced lie?"
"Age is a very high price to pay for maturity."
"I do not like odd things until I can understand them."
"Education is a lifetime assignment & terminates when you do."
"The ladder of success is never crowded at the top."
"There are a lot of times that we feel like our hands are tied - 'I have no control over if I'm going to lose my job.' 'I have no control over if I'm going to be able to pay my bills.' You've got to realize that that's where your trust comes in. You have to trust God, and keep your hope, because your hope is what produces your faith."
"I realized that the good stories were affecting the organs of my body in various ways, and the really good ones were stimulating more than one organ. An effective story grabs your gut, tightens your throat, makes your heart race and your lungs pump, brings tears to your eyes or an explosion of laughter to your lips."
"Tweeting is talking into the abyss, filling a void in your life by avoiding real human contact."
"When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead."
"I do not regret one moment of my life."
"I neither knew nor cared whether my experience was insanity, dreaming, or magic; but was determined to gaze on brilliance and gaiety at any cost."
"One can never have enough socks,"said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books."
"Stop telling God what to do with his dice."
"Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion."
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