Nora Raleigh Baskin Quotes

#1. There are many, many different worlds to live in. And sometimes there is no connection from one to another.

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#2. Courage is contagious: When one person of courage stands up, others are affected and stand up with him

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#3. These were such friendly people, they didn't notice how crabby we were, and before you knew it everyone was as happy as they were.

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#4. But really, if you ask me, there is only one kid of plot. One. Stuff happens. That's it.

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#5. And what people see the most is his silence, because some kinds of silence is actually visible.

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#6. In fact, being a unique individual is as much of a farce as trying to be like everyone else. Maybe more.

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#7. Sometimes there is nothing to hold me together.

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#8. Romance goes like this: Boy gets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl again. The end. It can't be any other way.

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#9. Know how to live with the time that is given you.

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#10. Because there is a need to hear one story and to tell another.

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#11. It occurred to me that a lot of beauty has to do with believing it yourself. That half of what we see is just the way it is presented.

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#12. Why do people want everyone to act just like they do? Talk like they do. Look like they do. Act like they do.
And if you don't
If you don't, people make the assumption that you do not FEEL what they feel.
And then they make the assumption
That you must not feel anything at all.

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#13. When I write, I can be heard. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all.

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#14. Old elbows," she told me. "A woman's elbows always give her age away.

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