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Time itself made all things rare.


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In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.



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Funny how the nature of a normal day is the first memory to fade.



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Not that happiness is dull. Only that it doesn't tell well. And of our consuming diversions as we age is to recite, not only to others but to ourselves, our own story.



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...whenever a woman describes a man as sweet, the dalliance is doomed.



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Though surely to avoid attachments for fear of loss is to avoid life.



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I thought at the time that I couldn't be horrified anymore, or wounded. I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged that damage itself, in its totality, makes you safe.



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All men know their children Mean more than life. If childless people sneer- Well, they've less sorrow. But what lonesome luck!



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A faith-holder puts himself below his faith and lets it guide his actions. The fanatic puts himself above it and uses it as an excuse for his actions.



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