The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after the fact of fire. Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved.

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Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.

Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.

Long hair is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep...

Long hair is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep...

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war.

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war.

Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats

Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats

All women are misfits. We do not fit into this world without amputations.

All women are misfits. We do not fit into this world without amputations.

If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.

If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.

Love as if you liked yourself, and it may happen.

Love as if you liked yourself, and it may happen.

We lie in each other's arms eyes shut and fingers open and all the colors...

We lie in each other's arms eyes shut and fingers open and all the colors...

When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye...

When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye...

The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.

The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be...

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be...

Shared laughter is erotic too.

Shared laughter is erotic too.

It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover.

It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

My strength and my weakness are twins in the same womb.

My strength and my weakness are twins in the same womb.

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war

Shared laughter is erotic too

Shared laughter is erotic too

Laughter brings you to reality as it is.

Laughter brings you to reality as it is.

When you find yourself beginning to feel a bond between yourself and the people you...

When you find yourself beginning to feel a bond between yourself and the people you...

It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune

It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune