"Writing books is one of the ways that human beings deal with loss, especially when you don't have religious consolation available."

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“The perfect life is the combination of great moments and bad ones, and under that point of view, my life is fantastic, because Iâ€™ve certainly hit more than one bump,”
“Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60's. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted.”
“It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live.”
“It is often hard to secure unanimity about the borders of legislative power, but that is much easier than to decide how far a particular adjustment diverges from what the judges deem tolerable. On such issues experience has over and over again shown the difficulty of securing unanimity. This is disastrous because disunity cancels the impact of monolithic solidarity on which the authority of a bench of judges so largely depends.”
“I would never say no to anything that sounded interesting! The thing I like about making films is that the adventure just begins when you pick up the camera.”

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“What's tough is being good every day.”
“It's curious that the Church has become the most tightfisted at the very time in history when God has provided most generously. There's considerable talk about the end of the age, and many people seem to believe that Christ will return in their lifetime. But why is it that expecting Christ's return hasn't radically influenced our giving? Why is it that people who believe in the soon return of Christ are so quick to build their own financial empires--which prophecy tells us will perish--and so slow to build God's kingdom?”
“Every game, you will have a decided schematic advantage.”

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