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The wild animal
fears the hunter that envies
its vitality.

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Collaboration
is the best way frustrations
may become resolved.

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The kitchen holds things
that are simply there, as I
come, and as I leave.

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We may grow weary
of working so hard to be
as strong as we seem.

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Death is like the sky:
an illusion of limits
placed on the cosmos.

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My father had said
there’s no level playing field
on a round planet.

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This continuous
practice will achieve nothing:
rivers will still flow.

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This definite choice,
in a sea of infinite
possibilities.

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A beautiful child
has come to stay with us and
change our entire world.

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Firm against the flow
yet changing— flowing against
the firm without change.

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He lies beside her
afterwards, breathing in the
aromas of love.

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Have we given up?
Where are the people who hoped,
and voted for change?

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Regretting errors,
I am able to learn that
I’m able to learn.

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Simple food is what
is really needed now— that,
and an appetite.

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The higher pastures
blaze in the evening sun
while night climbs the hills.

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Living embraces
life, and then it lets it go.
Caress, but don't cling.

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Faces aren’t shallow:
who we really are shows though
our appearances.

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What is human is
the opportunity to
do things on purpose.

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Twittering: short talk
is not the same as small talk.
At least not always.

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Sometimes I’m surprised
that I can still believe that
this is who I am.

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