"My writing day has grown shorter as I've aged, although it seems to produce the same number of pages."

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“Marijuana you can give up, I've given it up for fifteen years now and it never occurs to me to smoke it anymore.”
“You have your whole life ahead of you. Be smart. Study hard and be independent. I'm afraid the chances of your getting a dowry are slim. You must rely on yourself. No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge. The world is changing. You must make your own life outside this home.”

Source : Adeline Yen Mah (1997). “Falling leaves return to their roots”, Penguin Books Ltd
“Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought.”
“No one really wants to follow you per se.Â They really donâ€™t.Â They want to know that, by following you, they are really following a higher principle, a transcendent truth.Â In spiritual followership, people want to know whether they are being led and influenced by God.”
“I think it's very realistic to think we could provide additional protection for renters because for many people - renting is now the only option. It is also entirely necessary if we are to protect Londoners from rapidly rising rents.”
“And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be someone the audience will care about, even if you're playing a murderer or rapist.”
“My feelings for you shame me into silence.”
“The mind may accept or deny that you are awareness, but either way it canâ€™t really understand. It cannot comprehend. Thought cannot comprehend what is beyond thought.”

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