"The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over, and everything cracks open, the writing is freed, the lanuage is full, resources are plentiful, ideas pour forth, and to be frank, some of these ideas surprise me. It seems as thought the universe is my friend and is helping me write, its hand over mine."

-- Amy Tan

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“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
“For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make; We bring our precious gifts to them, Even for the dear child Jesus' sake.”

Source : Mary Clemmer, Alice Cary, Phoebe Cary (1873). “A Memorial of Alice and Phoebe Cary: With Some of Their Later Poems”, p.323
“Think about how audacious it is to really believe in yourself.”
“I wish I could find words to express the trueness, the bravery, the hardihood, the sense of honor, the loyalty to their trust and to each other of the old trail hands.”
“In the USA there is no female equivalent to god.”
“I prefer periods of peace and love.”

Source : "Living Is a Selfish Act: An Interview with Gaspar Noe". "Post Script" Interview with Mitch Davis, June 22, 2002.
“We're not going to meddle in the internal life of other peoples and other governments, because we don't want them meddling in ours.”
“men love their wives not because of their virtues, but in spite of them.”

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