Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Sometimes I look back and I am shocked. Everyday of my life I have prepared for success, worked for it, waited for it, and you don't notice how the days pass until nearly a lifetime is finished. Then it hits you--the thing you have been waiting for has already gone by. And it was going in the other direction. It's like I've been waiting on the wrong side of the road for a bus that was already full." p. 265

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I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.

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I don't want to get hung up on what 'people,' that nebulous mass, think about me. That's the way to unhappiness, I think.

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A new car is not going to change your life.

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