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A community is an alibi for the failure of individual love.


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There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.



We are not mad. We are human.We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.

We are not mad. We are human.We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.



I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.



I greet you from the other side of sorrow and despair, with a love so vast and shattered it will reach you everywhere.

I greet you from the other side of sorrow and despair, with a love so vast and shattered it will reach you everywhere.



I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.

I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.



We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.

We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.



May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.

May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.



We are so small between the stars, so large against the sky.

We are so small between the stars, so large against the sky.



You live your life as if it's real.......a thousand kisses deep

You live your life as if it's real.......a thousand kisses deep



Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore

Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore





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I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation.

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It's definitely safer to be single, especially with this cottage industry that's devoted to extorting celebrities.

It's definitely safer to be single, especially with this cottage industry that's devoted to extorting celebrities.



The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen.

The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen.



Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.



One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it.

One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it.



Should have dogs before they have kids. Everybody.

Should have dogs before they have kids. Everybody.



You can make your own son or daughter one of a kind if you have the time and will to do so; school can only make them part of a hive, herd or anthill.

You can make your own son or daughter one of a kind if you have the time and will to do so; school can only make them part of a hive, herd or anthill.



I love hearing stories, telling stories, sharing stories. I've shared 37,000 on the Oprah show! Every day I was like the town crier.

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George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk.

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