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At times ... one is downright thankful for the self-absorption of other people.


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One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.



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The characters that I create are parts of myself and I send them on little missions to find out what I don’t know yet.



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Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.



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Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever.



Negative people present us with an accelereted personal growth opportunity.

Negative people present us with an accelereted personal growth opportunity.



The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: There is a forward motion to yearning.

The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: There is a forward motion to yearning.



The more you respect and focus on the singular and the strange, the more you become aware of the universal and infinite.

The more you respect and focus on the singular and the strange, the more you become aware of the universal and infinite.



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