Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

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We sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

We sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress,...

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress,...

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are,...

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are,...

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that...

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that...

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the...

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the...

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.

A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...