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#1

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“She thoroughly felt the pitch and roll of the ship as it traveled southerly across the ocean. It was a pleasant feeling, an ancient one that every person who had ever loved the sea had felt and cherished--to be rocked to sleep, as if in a mother's arms or in a cradle.”
― Victoria A. Kahler, Seven on the Blue

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“The morning was on fire as the sun rose, seemingly from the ocean depths. The great, glowing orb came to the surface and set the horizon aflame. Many minutes passed, and it floated fully into the sky to light the day and gently warm the sea below.”
― Victoria A. Kahler, Seven on the Blue

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“It isn't that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better.”
― Francis Drake

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“She watched the gap between ship and shore grow to a huge gulf. Perhaps this was a little like dying, the departed no longer visible to the others, yet both still existed, only in different worlds.”
― Susan Wiggs, The Charm School

tags: cruise, ocean, sailing, sea, ship, travel

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#6

“She had always been good at dreaming, but what she had never done before was believe a dream could actually come true. She believed now. The wonder of setting sail created possibilities she had never considered before.”
― Susan Wiggs, The Charm School

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#7

“All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.”
― E.B. White

tags: writing

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#8

“Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.”
― Sylvia Plath

tags: writing-unpublished

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#9

“Emerald slopes became so tall they touched the clouds, and showers painted diamond waterfalls that sluiced down cliff sides.”
― Victoria Kahler, Capturing the Sunset

tags: mountains, rain, waterfalls

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#10

“The air was warm and heavy as sprinkles began to fall from the clouds high above. The Triton glided through the waters and the whoosh of the ship combined with the steady beat of the rain to make a concerto, like a pianist fluttering his fingers on the keys at one end and running his fingers up and down the scales at the other. Expectancy hung in the air as the tune moved to a crescendo.”
― Victoria Kahler, Capturing the Sunset

tags: cruise, music, rain

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#11

“Mount Kilauea spilled glowing lava like cords of orange neon-lighting from seemingly nowhere. In the blackness that engulfed the night, electric heat lit flowing streams that fell into the sea, disappearing in a cloud of steam with a sizzling splash.”
― Victoria Kahler, Capturing the Sunset

tags: hawaii, lava, volcano

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#12

“The flames of the luau bonfire burned brightly. Sparks flew into the sky and disappeared before they reached the stars above. Near the horizon, the moon was large and round and flawless as porcelain.”
― Victoria Kahler, Capturing the Sunset

tags: bonfire, fire, luau, moon, stars

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#13

“A slight breeze cooled the Hawaiian spring air, swaying the branches of palm trees, which cast black silhouettes against the purple and orange colors of the twilight sky.”
― Victoria Kahler, Capturing the Sunset

tags: hawaii, palm-trees, sunset, twilight

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#14

“Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.”
― Maya Angelou, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

tags: 1993, inspirational, reassurance, reassuring, respite, soothing

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“Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.”
― Maya Angelou, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

tags: absence, break, peace, rest, vacation, work

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#16

“It is a great virtue to be needed. Greater, even, than being liked”
― Susan Wiggs, The Drifter

tags: inspirational

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#17

“You're never alone when you're reading a book.”
― Susan Wiggs

tags: books, reading-books

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#18

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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#19

“Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.”
― Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

tags: books, novelists, reading, storytellers, storytelling, writers, writing

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#20

“To start with, look at all the books.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot

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#21

“She could become a spinster, like Emily Dickinson, writing poems full of dashes and brilliance, and never gaining weight.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot

tags: spinsterhood

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#22

“She'd become an English major for the purest and dullest of reasons: because she loved to read.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot

tags: english-literature, majors, reading-books

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#23

“She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot

tags: books-reading

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#24

“She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot

tags: writers, writing, writing-advice

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#25

“There were some books that reached through the noise of life to grab you by the collar and speak only of the truest things.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot

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#26

“What kind of life can you have in a house without books?”
― Sherman Alexie, Flight

tags: books, boredom, dullness, inspiration, life, necessity, reading

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#27

“At least as a single woman, I had time to pursue my own interests, read voraciously, and travel when opportunity presented.”
― Tasha Alexander, And Only to Deceive

tags: reading, singles, spinsters, travel

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#28

“If you're feeling bad for any reason, going to the mall always makes you feel worse. It's so glarey and noisy. The stores are full of things you think you might like until you get close and see how stupid they are.”
― betty miles

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#29

“I hate that word boobs. I wish people wouldn't say it, especially girls. It's like calling your own body stupid.”
― Betty Miles, The Trouble with Thirteen

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#30

“It seemed strange that someone as old as Aunt Sylvia would talk about growing up. In a way I'm not sure i like the idea that you always keep on doing it. It seems sort of tiring. And then, people don't automatically do it right.”
― Betty Miles, The Trouble with Thirteen

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