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The human organism has only so much energy at its disposal. If you divert a great deal of it into any one channel, you can expect the others to collapse or atrophy. If you squander your vital energies on your emotional life, as you have been doing, plan to be physically and mentally bankrupt, as it were.
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Once again she decided not to decide. She preferred being compelled into her decisions.
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The French would eat anything that couldn't outrun them.
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About one-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
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Lisa Alther
Born:
July 23, 1944
(age 79)
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Lisa Alther is an American author and novelist. Her first name is pronounced as if it were spelled Liza.
Known for:
Kinflicks (1976)
Original sins (1981)
Kinfolks (2007)
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