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At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book.


Anne McCaffrey

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meanwhile in my head
I'm undergoing open-heart surger...
ANNE SEXTON It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot o...
ANNE LAMOTT Some men die for lack of love…some die because of it. Think about it." - Daemon
ANNE BISHOP It was as if when I looked into his eyes I was standing alone on the edge of the world...on a windsw...
ANNE RICE When you sit in silence long enough, you learn that silence has a motion. It glides over you without...
ANNE SPOLLEN Smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings:...
ANNE BRONTë Children need guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.
ANNE SULLIVAN ... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit ra...
ANNE PERRY The sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female, the one who wins, the one who sucks us all up.
ANNE SEXTON I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is ...
ANNE SULLIVAN Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you ...
ANNE FRANK I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is ...
ANNE FRANK There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of ...
ANNE RICE