"Friends are the family we choose for ourselves"

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Source : "Now we can all play happy 'framilies'" by Nicole Mowbray, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2006.

Edna Buchanan

“Don't worry about being cool. Worry about being the best”
“Donâ€™t ever leave me again,â€ I said in a tiny voice. I wonâ€™t,â€ he promised into my hair, sounding most un-Fang-like. â€œI wonâ€™t. Not ever.â€ And just like that, a cold shard of ice that had been inside my chest ever since weâ€™d split up-well, it just disappeared. I felt myself relax for the first time in I donâ€™t known how long. The wind was chilly, but the sun was bright, and my whole flock was together. Fang and I were together. Excuse me? Iâ€™m alive too.â€ Iggyâ€™s plaintive voice made me pull back.”
“Capitalism is destroying the earth.”
“. . . everything in life responds to the song of the heart.”

Source : Ernest Holmes (2007). “365 Science of Mind: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Ernest Holmes”, p.226, Penguin
“So for a long time, I did a lot of freelance writing in addition to writing fiction and such - I was a food critic for a magazine for a bit, I did writing for nonprofits and political things, I was the editorial consultant for another magazine for a couple years, all sorts of jobs.”
“I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things.”
“I love the Holy Spirit. I can't stand to see it being disrespected. It's been there for me at times when I really needed it. Therefore, I have a duty to stand for it is how I feel.”
“The energy you give off based on your beliefs... your emotions... your behavior... the vibrational frequency you give off is what determines the kind of reality experience you have... because physical reality doesn't exist except as a reflection of what you most strongly believe is true for you. That is all that physical reality is. It is literally like a mirror.”

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