Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.

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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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?

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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed

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Conflict is the soul of literature.

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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.

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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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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.

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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.

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