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... She Knew In Her Heart That To Be Without Optimism, That Core Of Reasonless Hope In The Spirit Rather Than The Brain, Was A Fatal Flaw, The Seed Of Death.

Be Aware That You Can Truly Help People Only By Aiding Them To Become What They Are, Not What You Are. I Have Heard You Say 'if I Were You, I Would Do This, Or That.' 'i' Am Never 'you'--and My Solutions May Not Be Yours.

I Wonder How Often In The Past I May Have Missed The Good In People Because I Pre-judged, Based On The Differences?

Mystery Writers' Conventions Are Usually Good, And This One Has Been Excellent And Extremely Well Prepared And Thought Out In Advance. A Lot Of People Have Given Their Time And Their Skill, And A Good Deal Of Wit, And Anchorage Has Made Us Extraordinarily Welcome.

I Believe In An Individual Soul Which Travels Through Eternity. This Life Is Far From All There Is--in Fact, It Is A Minute Part, Simply An Antechamber, A Deciding Place Where We Choose The Light From The Dark, Where We Come To Know What We Truly Value.