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“You could sum up the Highland way of life, she thought, if you were unkind, in four words: devilment, obligement, refreshment, buggerment.”
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“It's not the college degree that makes a writer. The great thing is to have a story to tell.”
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“More than half the people in the world are spiritual orphans. They do not know where they came from or where they are going.”
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“ Strangers ... are just your friends that you don't know yet.”
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“Screening telephone calls with a receptionist or the humbler answering machine is not a dishonorable thing to do. The warmest people in the world still need uninterrupted time to attend to their lives and should not be outwitted if they have made it obvious that they are not always available upon summons.”
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“... the truth is seldom found in extremes. Central truths can be revolutionary if put to work.”
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“... you're not supposed to cuss when you're an old lady, and just when there's so much more to cuss about ... ”
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“Life for the unhappy is an endless search for 'the good parent,' one who will truly love him instead of making him afraid ... ”