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

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I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

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As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.

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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more

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

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

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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.

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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.

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