"No matter how hard you dance, not everyone will clap"

-- Joan Erikson

“One of the problems with a lot of "confessional" writing is that it starts and stops with the confessional and doesn't really tie the "I" into a "we" at all. I'm still surprised at how mad critics get at that kind of confessional writing.”

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“...the only thing that makes the Church endurable is that it is somehow the body of Christ and that on this we are fed. It seems to be a fact that you have to suffer as much from the Church as for it but if you believe in the divinity of Christ, you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.”
“No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.”
“When you look back from your Olympic experience, you never want to question whether you could have done more. The one thing you can control is your off-ice preparation.”
“Whenever you are ready, or if you never are, my heart is yours....”
“I know when I feel good when I play. There's a closeness with musicians you only get from playing live, even in the studio it's still playing live. For me, it's what expands my soul.”
“The co-opting of the environmental movement by the petroleum industry had a shattering effect. It crushed nascent biofuel businesses, killed research, cut off critical funding, stopped the building of new infrastructure, dissolved powerful alliances and seeded America with doubt over our ability to free ourselves from petroleum.”
“When it comes down to it, @Taskrabbit is about neighbors connecting with neighbors”

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