"September 2001. A sunny day in New York. Many of us who are writers were at work on the transformation of life into a poem, story, a chapter of a novel, when terror pounced from the sky, and the world made witness to it."

-- Nadine Gordimer

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“My mother once told me she thought hell would be nothing more than being given a glimpse of God--then having it taken away, forever.”
“No matter how much you're expecting it, it's still unexpected when it comes.”
“Mortals are known by their actions; this is the way it has to be. They should show goodness, and not be deformed by their actions; this is how they are called beautiful. Whatever they desire, they shall receive; O Nanak, they become the very image of God.”
“I can't imagine how many first performances I've done, perhaps 500. Some of them have been very good, and some of course very bad.”
“Maybe you think youâ€™ll be entitled to more happiness later by forgoing all of it now, but it doesnâ€™t work that way. Happiness takes as much practice as unhappiness does. Itâ€™s by living that you live more. By waiting you wait more. Every waiting day makes your life a little less. Every lonely day makes you a little smaller. Every day you put off your life makes you less capable of living it.”
“Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.”
“The enemy is not individuals, churches, 'ex-gay' organisations or political parties; the enemy is ignorance. Change is created by focusing our energies on overcoming the latter instead of attacking the former.”
“Abundant living means abundant giving.”

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