My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't.

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A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is...

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is...

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or...

I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or...

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't...

You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't...

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.

I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.

Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole,...

Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole,...

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is...

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is...

Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything...

Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything...

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to...

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to...

A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny...

A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny...

I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or...

I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or...

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything...

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything...