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“A clock only turns one direction”
― Sarah's Quilt
― Sarah's Quilt
“I declare, it is like some other part of me made up some rules about happiness and I just went along with them without thinking. My heart is lightened so much that I am amazed at how sad I felt for so long.”
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“It happens the world over - we love ourselves more than we do the one we say we love. We all want to be Number One, we've got to be Number One or nothing! We can't see that we could make ourselves loved and needed in the Number Two, or Three, or Four spot. No sir, we've got to be Number One, and if we can't make it, we'll rip and tear at the loved one till we've ruined every smidgin of love that was ever there.”
― Up a Road Slowly
― Up a Road Slowly
“That to fly requires chaotic, sometimes even violent passages--becomes a metaphor for all of life's most meaningful endeavors. ”
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“And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
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