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People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for

People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all. – Annie Dillard

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It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution. – Annie Dillard

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Its a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere. – Annie Dillard

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Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone. – Annie Dillard

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It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning. – Salvador Dali

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On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong for you, you can return it its instant gratification and yet something you buy may well last for years. – Judith Krantz

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But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement. – Ibrahim Babangida

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Im very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television. – Johnny Cash

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She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts. – George Eliot

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Im always in bed by 11 or 12 and people laugh all the time – they want me to hang out until two in the morning, but n-n-no, I need my nine hours. – Christina Ricci

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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. – James Thurber

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