"I wanted her to see that the only life worth living is a life full of love; that loss is always part of the equation; that love and loss conjoined are the best opportunity we get to live fully, to be our strongest, our most compassionate, our most graceful selves."

-- Pam Houston

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“As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.”
“To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.”

Source : Pablo Neruda, Mikis Theodorakis (1985). “Canto general: a song of the people”
“The ten days we passed there [at Ta ChÃªng Tzu], we were the song of the drunkard and the jest of the abjects; but the peace of God passes all understanding, and that kept my heart and mind. We put a calm front on, put out our stand daily, and carried ourselves as if nothing had happened. The great thought of my mind in these days, - and the great object of my life, - is to be like Christ. As He was in the world, so we are to be. He was in the world to manifest God; we are in the world to manifest Christ.”
“Just go with it', he thought. 'You won't figure out anything if you give in to fear'.”

Source : James Dashner (2016). “The Fever Code (Maze Runner, Book Five; Prequel)”, p.257, Delacorte Press
“Isn't it true that every aristocrat wants to die?”
“I think that money is devoted to serious journalism, with analysis, interestingly presented, by good writers can still sell newspapers.”
“You won't find the truth of life in morbidity, only in hope.”
“I haven't been in politics too long so that's a good thing.”

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