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Courage is contagious: When one person of courage stands up, others are affected and stand up with him.
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There are many, many different worlds to live in. And sometimes there is no connection from one to another.
Nora Raleigh Baskin
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Romance goes like this: Boy gets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl again. The end. It can't be any other way.
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Know how to live with the time that is given you.
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All we are, all we can be, are the stories we tell," he says, and he is talking as if he is talking only to me. "Long after we are gone, our words will be all that is left, and who is to say what really happened or even what reality is? Our stories, our fiction, our words will be as close to truth as can be. And no one can take that away from you.
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It occurred to me that a lot of beauty has to do with believing it yourself. That half of what we see is just the way it is presented.
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And what people see the most is his silence, because some kinds of silence is actually visible.
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When I write, I can be heard. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all.
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But really, if you ask me, there is only one kid of plot. One. Stuff happens. That's it.
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Why do people want everyone to act just like they do? Talk like they do. Look like they do. Act like they do. And if you don't— If you don't, people make the assumption that you do not FEEL what they feel. And then they make the assumption— That you must not feel anything at all.
Nora Raleigh Baskin