I want to find a way of speaking to fellow human beings that will be cool rather than heated, philosophical rather than polemical, that will bring enlightenment rather than seeking to divide us into the righteous and the sinners, the saved and the damned, the sheep and the goats.

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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.

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Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story.

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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. ― George Washington

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To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic. - Alphonse de Lamartine

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To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others.

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Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.

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Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

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The ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: the continuity of life, the inevitability of death.

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Leaders lead by telling stories that give others permission to lead, not follow. – Michael Margolis

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