When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting piglets of the appetites.

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

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

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

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

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war.

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war.

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...

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...

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

Shared laughter is erotic too.

Shared laughter is erotic too.

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.

The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after...

The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after...

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

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

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

Love is stronger than justice.

Love is stronger than justice.

The time to make friends is before you need them.

The time to make friends is before you need them.

A woman is truly beautiful only when she is naked and she knows it.

A woman is truly beautiful only when she is naked and she knows it.