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We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect. - Henry David Thoreau It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it's the parts that I do understand. - Mark Twain Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. - Benjamin Franklin I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. - Albert Einstein Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing. - Winston Churchill Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find. - John F. Kennedy

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.

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Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.

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I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.

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