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What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the

What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike

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Truth should not be forced it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man. – John Updike

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Dreams come true without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. – John Updike

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Dreams
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Existence itself does not feel horrible it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience. – John Updike

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Smile, breathe and go slowly. – Thích Nhất Hạnh

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I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart: I am, I am, I am. – Sylvia Plath

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Breathing

Breathing, according to me, corresponds to taking charge of one’s own life. – Luce Irigaray, Between East and West

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To live is not breathing it is action. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Random Quotes

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. – Aesop

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Appearance

I am reminded of a colleague who reiterated “all my homosexual patients are quite sick” — to which I finally replied “so are all my heterosexual patients.” – Ernest van den Haag (1914–2002)

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Homosexuality

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. Its the transition thats troublesome. – Isaac Asimov

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Death

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand… Adventure is a state of mind – and spirit. – Jacqueline Cochran

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