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- It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of…
- Life is like a recycling center, where all the concerns and dramas of humankind get recycled back and forth across the universe. But what you…
- Little by little, in telling Sam all these details, I got to see the bigger point of baseball, that it can give us back ourselves.…
- Now, if you ask me, what’s going on is that we’re all up to here in it, and probably the most important thing is that…
- Perfectionism means that you try desperately not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being…
- I'm all over the place, up and down, scattered, withdrawing, trying to find some elusive sense of serenity." The world can't give that serenity. The…
- It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all…
- I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of what it means…
- I think we're all pretty crazy on this bus. I'm not sure I know anyone who's got all the dots on his or her dice.
- I cry intermittently, like a summer rain. I don't feel racked by the crying; in fact, it hydrates me. Then rage wells up in me,…
- ...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.
- Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something—anything—down on paper. What I’ve learned to do…
- Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or to…
- Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down.
- I took notes on the people around me, in my town, in my family, in my memory. I took notes on my own state of…
- If you are a writer, or want to be a writer, this is how you spend your days--listening, observing, storing things away, making your isolation…
- And my fear of failure has been lifelong and deep. If you are what you do- and I think my parents may have accidentally given…
- There is nothing more touching to me then a family picture where everyone is trying to look his or her best, but you can see…
- There is something so tender about this to me, about being willing to have your makeup wash off, your eyes tear up, your nose start…
- I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published…
- I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and…
- A hundred years from now? All new people.
- We're all afraid of the same stuff. Mostly we're afraid that we're secretly not okay, that we're disgusting, or frauds, or about to be diagnosed…
- ... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]
- Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don't be an asshole.
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