Realism can break a writer's heart.

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The most powerful person in the world is the story teller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.

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You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ― Mahatma Gandhi

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Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out. ― Katherine Dunham

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A writer's heart, a poet's heart, an artist's heart, a musician's heart is always breaking. It is through that broken window that we see the world.

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Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.

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Be the compromise you want to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi

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Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.

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Unconditional love is all you have. You can't overdose on love, you never can. It's a beautiful thing.

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In every winter's heart there is a quivering spring, and behind the veil of each night there is a shining dawn.

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