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“Story is the umbilical cord that connects us to the past, present, and future. Family. Story is a relationship between the teller and the listener, a responsibility. . . . Story is an affirmation of our ties to one another.”
― Pieces of White Shell
― Pieces of White Shell

“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.”
― Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
― Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast

“Word by word, the language of women so often begins with a whisper.”
― When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
― When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”
― The Sense of Wonder
― The Sense of Wonder
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