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“But not all change is negative, even though it may create uncertainty. Not all sharing of power implies loss; it can also lead to bigger gains. Not all turbulence is a mere distraction from business; it may lead to useful new inventions. ... Change can be exhilarating, refreshing — a chance to meet challenges, a chance to clean house. It means excitement when it is considered normal, when people expect it routinely, like a daily visit from the mail carrier — known — bringing a set of new messages — unknown. Change brings opportunities when people have been planning for it, are ready for it, and have just the thing in mind to do when the new state comes into being.”
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“Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.”
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“She had large, rather beautiful hazel eyes which she blinked rapidly from time to time. This habit gave her a timorous yet slightly defiant demeanour: the sort of girl who made a career out of being insecure.”
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“'Sound' is a catch-all word which describes 'all that we hear,' in one lump, from music to noise. ... we consider the kingdom of our eyes far more complex, and would not dream of trying to sum it up in a word which would mean 'all that we see.'”
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“People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.”
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“What successful authors have in common, besides talent, is tenacity. Both qualities are good to have, but if you must pick only one, choose the latter. A writer without talent who persists is far more likely to succeed than a talented writer who gives up.”
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“Everyone was alone, when you admitted it honestly; life was a flood that rushed on whether you sank from sight in the current or continued to swim.”
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“Man has never been the same since God died.”