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If I tell people, “Eat this and don’t eat that” or “Don’t smoke,” they immediately want to do the opposite. It’s just human nature, and it goes back to the very first dietary intervention that failed—“Don’t eat the apple”—and that was God
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“Puff, puff, chug, chug, went the Little Blue Engine. “I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can.”
[…]
“I thought I could. I thought I could. I thought I could.
I thought I could.
I thought I could.
I thought I could.”
― The Little Engine That Could
[…]
“I thought I could. I thought I could. I thought I could.
I thought I could.
I thought I could.
I thought I could.”
― The Little Engine That Could
“Sometimes you can't really tell when you are happy until it is over and you are thinking about it later”
― Poison for Breakfast
― Poison for Breakfast
“Dear reader, you have to understand the point of all these stories. What they add up to. Schererazade was trying to make the king human again. She made him love life by showing him all of it, the funny parts about poop, the dangerous parts with demons, even the boring parts about what makes marriages last.
Little by little, he began to feel the joy and sadness of others.
He became less immune, less numb, because of the stories.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
Little by little, he began to feel the joy and sadness of others.
He became less immune, less numb, because of the stories.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner.”
― Once Upon a River
― Once Upon a River
“My eyes crinkle into crescent moons
and sparkle like the stars.
Gold flecks dance and twirl
while stories whirl
in their oolong pools,
carrying tales of the past
and hope for the future.”
― Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
and sparkle like the stars.
Gold flecks dance and twirl
while stories whirl
in their oolong pools,
carrying tales of the past
and hope for the future.”
― Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
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