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• I have a graduate degree from Penn State. I studied at Penn State under a noted Hemingway scholar, Philip Young. I had an interest in thrillers, and it occurred to me that Hemingway wrote many action scenes: the war scenes in 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' come to mind. But the scenes don't feel pulpy.

  David Morrell

  War, Farewell, Degrees

  "Writer-to-Writer: A Conversation David Morrell, Master of the Modern Thriller". Interview with Mark Rubinstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 4, 2013.

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• The mandalas were meant to be objects of contemplation, aids to meditation, their proportions magically balanced to purify and calm the mind. To stare at a mandala was to experience, if only briefly, the nothingness that is at the heart of enlightenment.

  Douglas Preston

  Heart, Meditation, Enlightenment

  Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child (2010). “The Wheel of Darkness: An Agent Pendergast Novel”, p.124, Hachette UK

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• But the owls themselves are not hard to find, silent and on the wing, with their ear tufts flat against their heads as they fly and their huge wings alternately gliding and flapping as they maneuver through the trees. Athena's owl of wisdom and Merlin's companion, Archimedes, were screech owls surely, not this bird with the glassy gaze, restless on the bough, nothing but blood on its mind.

  Mary Oliver

  Blood, Wings, Bird

  Mary Oliver (2006). “Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays”, p.22, Beacon Press

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• All phenomena of which we are aware take place in our own minds, and therefore the only thing we have to look at is the mind; which is a more constant quantity over all the species of humanity than is generally supposed.

  Aleister Crowley

  Humanity, Looks, Constant

  Aleister Crowley (2014). “Eight Lectures on Yoga”, p.2, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Times of happiness, bliss, and sheer delight intensify as the higher levels of our minds are opened within us One our life on earth is over, these levels keep rising forever.

  Emanuel Swedenborg

  Forever, Rising, Delight

  Emanuel Swedenborg, George F. Dole, Gregory R. Johnson, Jonathan S. Rose (2003). “Divine Providence”, p.72, The Swedenborg Foundation

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• Within minutes my 115-mile walk through the desert hills becomes a thing apart, a disjunct reality on the far side of a bottomless abyss, immediately beyond physical recollection.But it's all still there in my heart and soul. The walk, the hills, the sky, the solitary pain and pleasure-they will grow larger, sweeter, lovelier in the days to come, like a treasure found and then, voluntarily, surrendered. Returned to the mountains with my blessing. It leaves a golden glowing on the mind.

  Edward Abbey

  Pain, Heart, Blessing

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• I feel free and strong. If I were not a reader of books I could not feel this way. Whatever may happen to me, thank God that I can read, that I have truly touched the minds of other men.

  Walter Tevis

  Strong, Book, Men

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• We are all alone, trapped in these bodies and our own minds, and whatever company we have in this life is only fleeting and superficial.

  Jennifer Niven

  Fleeting, Body, Life Is

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• Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe. There are an infinite number of patterns, some of which are known; those still unknown hold the key to unresolved enigmas and paradoxes.

  Agnes Denes

  Keys, Numbers, Purpose

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• Understand that you dont have all the answers, you just have to start somewhere and keep an open mind.

  Biz Stone

  Answers, Open Mind, Keep An Open Mind

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• The education of youth belongs to the priests, yet they do not take so much care of instructing them in letters, as in forming their minds and manners aright; they use all possible methods to infuse, very early, into the tender and flexible minds of children, such opinions as are both good in themselves and will be useful to their country, for when deep impressions of these things are made at that age, they follow men through the whole course of their lives, and conduce much to preserve the peace of the government, which suffers by nothing more than by vices that rise out of ill opinions.

  Thomas More

  Country, Children, Men

  Thomas More (2010). “Utopia”, p.121, Bibliolis Books

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• For all aspects of memory, keep yourself physically fit. My catchphrase is, Healthy mind, healthy body, healthy body, healthy mind. Your memory needs oxygen as fuel, so why not feed it often?

  Tony Buzan

  Memories, Oxygen, Healthy

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• Absence does not so much make the heart grow fonder as give the heart time to integrate what it has not previously absorbed, time to make sense of what happened too quickly to have any meaning in the instant. This is always true. If it is in absence that people forget each other, it is also in the quiet pause of absence that, minds running in symmetry, people come to know each other; there is sometimes as much intimacy in the span of continents as in the shared hours before dawn.

  Andrew Solomon

  Running, Heart, People

  Andrew Solomon (2013). “A Stone Boat: A Novel”, p.87, Simon and Schuster

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• Our steps invent the path as we proceed; behind us they leave no trace, only the void. So we shall always look ahead and trust our feet. They will take us as far as our minds will go... -- Tahar ben Jelloun

  Tahar Ben Jelloun

  Feet, Looks, Void

  Tahar Ben Jelloun (1987). “The sand child”, Harcourt

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• We always worry that we are copying someone else, that we don't have our own style. Don't worry. Writing is a communal act. Contrary to popular belief, a writer is not Prometheus alone on a hill full of fire. We are very arrogant to think we alone have a totally original mind. We are carried on the backs of all the writers who came before us. We live in the present with all the history, ideas, and soda pop of this time. It all gets mixed up in our writing.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Writing, Thinking, Fire

  Natalie Goldberg (2016). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.102, Shambhala Publications

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• You people are out of your minds. Clemsons Walker Course is not only one of the nicest courses in the Southeast, its one of the nicest collegiate courses in the country. The Tiger Paw 17th hole is amazing!

  Mark Richards

  Country, People, Clemson

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• The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

  Bodhidharma

  Real, Body, Originals

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.43, Macmillan

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• The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

  Bodhidharma

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.19, Macmillan

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• If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.

  Bodhidharma

  Land, Pure, Ifs

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.89, Macmillan

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• The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.

  Bodhidharma

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.11, Macmillan

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• If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.

  Bodhidharma

  Looks, Use, Ifs

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.11, Macmillan

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• The mind is a magnet and we attract that with which we identify the self. In order to get the most out of life we must learn consciously to change many of our habitual thought patterns. This is not easy, for our old thought patterns cling to us with great tenacity, but, being thought patterns, they can be reversed. If you are filled with fear, refill yourself with faith, for faith always overcomes fear.

  Ernest Holmes

  Self, Order, Overcoming

  Ernest Holmes (2007). “The Art of Life”, p.22, Penguin

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• I'm inspired by dreams and shadows, obsession and desire. By nature, I'm a dream collector and never stop working. I question people about their weirdest dreams and the strangest, most inexplicable experiences they've had. All this information whirls around in my mind, and new dreams emerge that form the seeds of stories and novels.

  Storm Constantine

  Dream, People, Shadow

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• I have long gone about with a conviction on my mind that I had a work to do-a Work, if you like, with a great W; a Purpose to fulfil; ... a Great Social Evil to Discover and to Remedy.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Long, Evil, Purpose

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “The Works: In Twenty-two Volumes. ¬The book of snobs; and Sketches and travels in London”, p.2

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• My interest in society - at times so pronounced that the word snob comes a little to mind - derives from the fact that I like an immense number of things which society, money, and position bring in their train: painting, tapestries, rare books, smart dresses, dances, gardens, country houses, correct cuisine, and pretty women.

  Frank Crowninshield

  Country, Smart, Book

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