I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water.

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I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a...

I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a...

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only...

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only...

There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is...

There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is...

God, life changes faster than you think.

God, life changes faster than you think.

I have a writer's memory which makes everything worse than maybe it actually was.

I have a writer's memory which makes everything worse than maybe it actually was.

Memory feeds imagination.

Memory feeds imagination.

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time...

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time...

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and...

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and...

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for...

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for...

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom...

I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom...

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not...

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not...

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another...

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another...

I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't...

I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't...

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while....

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while....

I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call...

I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call...

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

And Summers and Winters scattered like splinters And four or five years slipped away

And Summers and Winters scattered like splinters And four or five years slipped away

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your...

You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your...

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is...

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is...