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“... I am a Californian, and we have twice the individuality and originality of any people in the United States. We always get quite huffy when we are spoken of as merely Americans.”
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“... he was generous with his affection, given to great, awkward, engulfing hugs, and I can remember so clearly the smell of his hugs, all starched shirt, tobacco, Old Spice and Cutty Sark. Sometimes I think I've never been properly hugged since. ”
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“We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for the extravagance of our lives.”
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“It is true that the present is powerfully shaped by the past. But it is also true that ... insight at any age keeps us from singing the same sad songs again.”
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“... if we do not eliminate the clutter, the clutter will eliminate us.”
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“... law is a substitute for love.”
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“... a wind came up and ran along the rock base lifting the sand like the edge of a carpet.”
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“The leaves move in the garden, the sky is pale, and I catch myself weeping. It is hard — it is hard to make a good death ...”