The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should be acquired because we urgently need them -- to convey, to reach, to express something within us, and to understand others.

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A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

When we love there is no reason why.

When we love there is no reason why.

Ridicule has historically proven itself a rickety fence for great ideas.

Ridicule has historically proven itself a rickety fence for great ideas.

The true poem rests between the words.

The true poem rests between the words.

Mediocrity inspires neither great love nor hate.

Mediocrity inspires neither great love nor hate.

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

The only sins are violations of love.

The only sins are violations of love.

Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy...

Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy...

Inspiration always arrives unannounced.

Inspiration always arrives unannounced.

Love is its own reward.

Love is its own reward.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

Ridicule has historically proven itself a rickety fence for great ideas.

Ridicule has historically proven itself a rickety fence for great ideas.

Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy...

Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy...

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

Even in your home, nobody dies of smoke inhalation, they die of carbon monoxide.

Even in your home, nobody dies of smoke inhalation, they die of carbon monoxide.

We asked none leave to love; nor will we owe Any, so cheap a death,...

We asked none leave to love; nor will we owe Any, so cheap a death,...

M F K Fisher is the dowager queen of writers on browsing and slicing.

M F K Fisher is the dowager queen of writers on browsing and slicing.

Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of...

Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of...