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That's the most important thing. If I keep reading, maybe I can hold my own.


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I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.




What an incredible thing! How much less they had than other human beings. Mentally retarded, deaf, mute - and still eagerly sanding benches.

What an incredible thing! How much less they had than other human beings. Mentally retarded, deaf, mute - and still eagerly sanding benches.



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A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.



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Its easy to make frends if you let pepul laff at you.



Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together.

Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together.



A short while ago I foolishly thought I could learn everything - all the knowledge in the world. Now I hope only to be able to know of its existence, and to understand one grain of it.

A short while ago I foolishly thought I could learn everything - all the knowledge in the world. Now I hope only to be able to know of its existence, and to understand one grain of it.



Thank God for books and music and things I can think about.

Thank God for books and music and things I can think about.



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I just want to be smart like other pepul so I can have lots of frends who like me.





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