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...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities...

There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities...

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as...

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as...

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

The most spiritual human beings, assuming they are the most courageous, also experience by far...

The most spiritual human beings, assuming they are the most courageous, also experience by far...

Life's such a movie, filmed independent, us against the city.

Life's such a movie, filmed independent, us against the city.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...

It's better to be in love than to watch it.

It's better to be in love than to watch it.

What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life

What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of...

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of...

Our lives are repetitious shams-every single day a simulacrum of the previous day. So for...

Our lives are repetitious shams-every single day a simulacrum of the previous day. So for...

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life...

Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life...

Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and...

Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and...