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And I know Im supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my

And I know Im supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books… and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I cant quite muster the guilt anymore. – Julianna Baggott

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What does it mean to be Catholic and not a Catholic? I feel adrift, homeless. My Catholic imagination allows me to see the soul as a lit breath, seeking the divine. It persists. – Julianna Baggott

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Imagination
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The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not only in a recession, but trapped in a longstanding, deeply entrenched sports depression. – Julianna Baggott

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Sports
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Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but thats how faith grows stronger. – Julianna Baggott

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Faith
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Poetry
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When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you cant teach poetry. This is ridiculous. – Norman MacCaig

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Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. – John Updike

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Poetry

My poetry, I think, has become the way of my giving out what music is within me. – Countee Cullen (1903–1946)

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As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper. – Goldwin Smith

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Poetry

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When I tried to play something and screwed up, Id hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it. – Dimebag Darrell

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Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Even under the best of circumstances, the road back from war is difficult. – Ron Wyden

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