The power of nature is life in association. Nothing stands alone. ― Terry Tempest Williams

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Tribalism is community for lonely narcissists. ― David Brooks

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Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike against each other until finally there’s an explosion—that’s Plot. - Leigh Brackett

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Both then and now, the most powerful means of creating community is to tell stories. ― Jacob L. Wright

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You'd be amazed...at how few men have any women they can call upon to speak up for them, no matter how grave the consequences of remaining silent. ― Pearl Cleage

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Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God. ― Ronald Reagan

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao Tzu

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If you want to help... any of us, then you get where you're going and you work hard and you find a way to take care of someone else the way your uncle has taken care of you. ― Rachel Beanland

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A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter. ― Alan Wilson Watts

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Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our emotions.

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