The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar. - Tanith Lee

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I think it's a brilliant tool to have, not only to have a sense of humor, but to be able to use humor to help one navigate life, and I tend not to be that type of person. I wish I were.

Tanith Lee

The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar.

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Men are not the causers of history. History itself, by a pressure of events, causes men to resort to particular actions.

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In the greater part of humankind there resides an instinct for survival. It is this which can clutch at straws and effect a rescue from them. It is this which can, now and then, outwit fate.

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Dawn rose from the desert and turned the river to wine.

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Oh, love. Love is best of all. There is no such total element, not even pain. Who has ever loved, knows this. I need not say more.

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We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests. And that's where I put myself: as a storyteller. Not necessarily a high priestess, but certainly the storyteller. And I would love to be the storyteller of the tribe.

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