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> [“Don't be a chicken, be a cat!" said Cecil. "Be adventurous".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/don-t-be-a-chicken-be-a-cat-said-cecil-be-adventurous/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

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## More by Valerie Martin

> [“...because it requires the total surrender of my will and finally, ultimately, the wholesale destruction of my ego. That is hard. It I'm going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/because-it-requires-the-total-surrender-of-my-will-and-finally/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“Everyone else felt the need to assure me that Mother's death was part of God's plan. Exactly, I wanted to shout after reading this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/everyone-else-felt-the-need-to-assure-me-that-mother-s-death-was-part/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“Don't be a chicken, be a cat!" said Cecil. "Be adventurous".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/don-t-be-a-chicken-be-a-cat-said-cecil-be-adventurous/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“Actors are superstitious about beggars, perhaps because we're largely in the same line.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/actors-are-superstitious-about-beggars-perhaps-because-we-re-largely/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“But you said you no longer care for the world's opinion," I said to him, "nor will I.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/but-you-said-you-no-longer-care-for-the-world-s-opinion-i-said-to-him/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“Sex can be estranging; it can drive two otherwise compatible people apart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/sex-can-be-estranging-it-can-drive-two-otherwise-compatible-people/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“What was the good at having an ideal if everyone is trying to beat everyone else at admitting how impossible it is to achieve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/what-was-the-good-at-having-an-ideal-if-everyone-is-trying-to-beat/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“And it seemed to me that longing was everything, longing is all we are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/and-it-seemed-to-me-that-longing-was-everything-longing-is-all-we-are/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“One feels relieved these days when a play is not like television.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/one-feels-relieved-these-days-when-a-play-is-not-like-television/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“...most people never experience such a passion, that I had been incredibly, divinely fortunate to have found, in a world where most souls dig…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/most-people-never-experience-such-a-passion-that-i-had-been/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“I see I have this patience to wait it out, and the truth is no matter how dark I feel I would never take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/i-see-i-have-this-patience-to-wait-it-out-and-the-truth-is-no-matter/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“He put a dark place in me and I can't forgive him for that. But it's a part of me now and how can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/he-put-a-dark-place-in-me-and-i-can-t-forgive-him-for-that-but-it-s-a/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“Self-inflicted pain has a calming effect; it clears the head, diminishes one's fascination with the ego, and most important, gives one the sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/self-inflicted-pain-has-a-calming-effect-it-clears-the-head/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“I've caused you pain, and I'm sorry for it,' she said. 'But perhaps that pain will keep you from forgetting me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/i-ve-caused-you-pain-and-i-m-sorry-for-it-she-said-but-perhaps-that/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

> [“The natural beauty of the earth made hard for me to consider the pathetic struggle of humans on the face of it. The great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-martin/the-natural-beauty-of-the-earth-made-hard-for-me-to-consider-the/)

[Valerie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-martin/)

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