I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.

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

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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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And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

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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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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed

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Anger is really disappointed hope

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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

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Home is where your books are.

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The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.

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