Laurel Corona Quotes

#1. Nothing is more practical than poetry," he says with a quizzical smile. "It teaches us how to be human.

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#2. The Holy One. I have never stopped believing in him. I don't understand the idea that God wants to be worshipped one way alone, and when I feel overwhelmed by the immensity and beauty of his creation, I am glad my mother taught me to bless and praise him everywhere. My

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#3. My prayers and dreams are wrapped up together, vague and contradictory. "Let me leave my mark in the world," I say to the air around me. I don't want to feel so invisible, yet I'm torn between wishing to move away from this place and wanting it to be me and I it.

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#4. She would never let anyone interfere with her right to use her mind.

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#5. She was tired of playing the dutiful assistant to a great man.

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#6. You need to put on a pretty dress and have Corinne arrange your hair... and don't forget to bring your mind.
--Julie de Bercy

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#7. I understand Jesus perfectly," Mama tells me. "I just don't understand Christians, and I don't think he would either.

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#8. Desire gives pain to the heart from which springs both hope and worry.
Out of suspicion I make mistakes that grow into lasting ills. And from my stubborn delusions come a thousand deceits, which later I accept as damage I've done.

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