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Books are a narcotic.


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Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.



Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.



Just because your doctor has a name for your condition, doesn't mean he knows what it is.

Just because your doctor has a name for your condition, doesn't mean he knows what it is.



Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.

Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.



I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.

I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.



It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.

It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.



I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.

I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.



I am free and that is why I am lost.

I am free and that is why I am lost.



I am a cage, in search of a bird.

I am a cage, in search of a bird.



People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.

People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.





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You chose to live here now. You should try to live in the present.

You chose to live here now. You should try to live in the present.



Hell, I've always like the man, " he said now. "Until he became involved with my wife.

Hell, I've always like the man, " he said now. "Until he became involved with my wife.



He felt a deep urge to put some order in this chaos. Leaning against a large standing-stone by the wayside, he drew out his dreambook and began to write.

He felt a deep urge to put some order in this chaos. Leaning against a large standing-stone by the wayside, he drew out his dreambook and began to write.



Glamour comes from within. My beauty regime begins with my personality.

Glamour comes from within. My beauty regime begins with my personality.



Be careful not to give too much credence to the old adage that time heals. Mark my word. It's God that heals. Time only tells.

Be careful not to give too much credence to the old adage that time heals. Mark my word. It's God that heals. Time only tells.



This was all the inspiration it took: We put 100 percent of ourselves in the lines. We personally take care of everything, from fulfillment to answering the mail.

This was all the inspiration it took: We put 100 percent of ourselves in the lines. We personally take care of everything, from fulfillment to answering the mail.



The life without men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?

The life without men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?



What a name! Was it love or praise? Speech half-asleep or song half-awake? I must learn Spanish, one of these days, Only for that slow sweet name's sake.

What a name! Was it love or praise? Speech half-asleep or song half-awake? I must learn Spanish, one of these days, Only for that slow sweet name's sake.



Make certain decisions only once.

Make certain decisions only once.



Good education is not regeneration. Education may chain up men's lusts, but cannot change their hearts.

Good education is not regeneration. Education may chain up men's lusts, but cannot change their hearts.




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