"We can always find noble reasons for what we want to do."

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Source : Mary Heaton Vorse, Dee Garrison (1985). “Rebel pen: the writings of Mary Heaton Vorse”, Monthly Review Pr

Mary Heaton Vorse

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“You don't write a song to sit there on a page. You write it to sing it.”
“A feeble body weakens the mind.”
“Being able to write becomes a kind of shield, a way of hiding, a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey.”
“Don't waste your time consuming what makes you weak. Spend your time pressing in for the Presence. Become so intimate with Jesus, so full of Him, that it does not matter what challenges in life present themselves to you. You will be so spiritually full that you can feed a multitude of other people's needs. Jesus will give you more than enough.”
“I share something in common with Norman Rockwell and, for that matter, with Walt Disney, in that I really like to make people happy.”
“No law can give or take away the choice to commit suicide.”
“Others have falsely claimed to be the inspiration for Tom Booker in The Horse Whisperer. The one who truly inspired me was Buck Brannaman. His skill, understanding and his gentle, loving heart have parted the clouds for countless troubled creatures. Buck is the Zen master of the horse world.”
“The curse of man, and the cause of nearly all his woe, is his stupendous capacity for believing the incredible.”

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