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Tried and true convictions don't raise heads but they don't lower minds either.



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Convictions without empathy can justify anything.

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What writing begins only committment to a point of view completes.




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Talk opens a possibility to listening, listening to understanding, understanding to insight, insight to change. But anywhere along the line the chain might break.

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At the heart of some poems there is no meaning but at the heart of every meaning there is a poem.



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What hasn't been said in what is said is the part that sings.

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There's no time for remembering- savor everything to the quick.




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Everything gets clearer and clearer- then you realize you don't have to understand.

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The ever vigilant ape within us (who remains, not out of necessity, but sheer compassion) continues to protect us, in spite of ourselves:- knowing full well that- out of vanity- we will deny its very existence should it reveal its face to us, or anyone else, even for an instant.


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Our affection for the books we love is similar to that of a parent for a child- as much for the fact that they very likely will outlive us as for the qualities we hold so dear.

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Cruelty conquers briefly what kindness alone can keep.



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There is no escape: breathe deep.