If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's "China Beach," "The West Wing," or "E.R." ~Michael Cudlitz
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Death is just life's next big adventure. ~J. K. Rowling
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