Anger is really disappointed hope

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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed

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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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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.

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Home is where your books are.

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Because I loved myself, I was loved.

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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation. Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved...Freedom is...not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.

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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.

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I don't think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me who I am. I don't think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star

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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.

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