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

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When he held her that way, she felt so happy that it disturbed her. After he left, it would take her hours to fall asleep, and then when she woke up she would feel another onrush of agitated happiness, which was a lot like panic. She wished she could grab the happiness and mash it into a ball and hoard it and gloat over it, but she couldn't. It just ran around all over the place, disrupting everything.

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I think the closest thing I can come to defining what that vital thing is for me - is that there's a sort of soul-quality in writing, if it's any goo…

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The only way to know whats possible is to venture past impossible.

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The art of integrating the ego and the impulse for empathy in a dynamic call and response.

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My ambition was to live like music.

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