"A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins."

-- Charles Lamb

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“Painting is marvelous; it makes you happier and more patient. Afterwards you do not have black fingers as with writing, but blue and red ones.”
“I lived in Paris for six months when I was sixteen. It was a fend-for-yourself environment.”

Source : "Beau Garrett Is a Woman We Love". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. November 16, 2010.
“To be used of God. Is there anything more encouraging, more fulfilling? Perhaps not, but there is something more basic: to meet with God.”
“He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.”
“A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you.”
“I don't think [being monogamous] is a natural instinct for human beings, but it doesn't mean I don't believe in monogamy or true love. I believe in finding a soul mate. Monogamy can be hard work for some people. I don't think it applies to everybody, and I don't think a lot of people can do it.”
“He caressed my cheek. "You came for me," I whispered. "Always," he told me.”
“Too many professional development initiatives are done to teachers - not for, with or by them.”

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