She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her stories, she could escape the parts of life she didn't like, embroider the parts she did and thus control the life she had.

Quote by Dudley Clendinen

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She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her...

She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her...

Remember where you have been and where you are going. Life is not a race,...

Remember where you have been and where you are going. Life is not a race,...

The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the...

The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the...

There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she...

There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she...

Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have gained, but what we...

Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have gained, but what we...

Think of the long view of life, not just what's going to happen today or...

Think of the long view of life, not just what's going to happen today or...

A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually...

A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually...

My garden, like my life, seems to me every year to want correction and require...

My garden, like my life, seems to me every year to want correction and require...

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.

Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will...

Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will...

The only real failure in life is one not learned from.

The only real failure in life is one not learned from.

An unexamined life is not worth living...

An unexamined life is not worth living...

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more...

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more...

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything...

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst...

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst...

Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep.

Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep.

The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as...

The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as...

He who fears death enjoys not life.

He who fears death enjoys not life.

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...