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"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."

"You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative."
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"No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness."

"Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves."

"Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part."

"One who hates is a man holding a magnifying-glass, and when he hates someone, he knows precisely that person's surface, from the soles of his feet all the way up to each hair on the hated head."

"The world has always gone through periods of madness so as to advance a bit on the road to reason."

"What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone."
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