12 ordspråk av Diane Johnson
Diane Johnson
A chaplain is trained to talk to anybody of any faith, not to become the patient's minister. My own religion doesn't need to enter the conversation. I'm there as a friend; I'm there for the patient.
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A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen.
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A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out what a novel is about, and the job becomes one of understanding and deepening or sharpening what is already written. That is finding the theme.
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But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may not be aware of this till she is pretty far along with it.
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I don't know why in the world you would want to turn Cream Ridge into suburbia. I tell people it's the best kept secret in New Jersey.
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I saw a white T-shirt and a blond head on the other side of the tree and honked the horn for about 10 seconds,
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I told him, the kids and I are leaving, ... And I wanted him to come, and he said he was going to stay.
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I will miss being involved in the daily happening of young people and having the opportunity to see them mature.
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Our whole idea is to save these things for future generations.
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This is the first time it's been together. It's a big deal to us.
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We have kids who are following the race in Italy, Australia, in Iceland, just everywhere. It's really exciting.
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Women have the feeling that since they didn't make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them
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