We decided that it was no good asking what is the meaning of life, because life isn't an answer, life is the question, and you, yourself, are the answer.

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You sit down and you do it, and you do it, and you do it, until you have learned to do it.

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What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?

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To see that your life is a story while you're in the middle of living it may be a help to living it well.

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The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.

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When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.

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Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country. Why did we look up for blessing -- instead of around, and down? What hope we have lies there. Not in the sky full of orbiting spy-eyes and weaponry, but in the earth we have looked down upon. Not from above, but from below. Not in the light that blinds, but in the dark that nourishes, where human beings grow human souls.

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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls. Story-tellers and poets spend their lives learning that skill and art of using words well. And their words make the souls of their readers stronger, brighter, deeper.

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Elegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it.

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Hope is a slow business.

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