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"A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."

"Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people."

"This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance."

"Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad."

"People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom."
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"We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation."

"I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent."

"But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself."

"Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make."

"My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her."

"If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them."

"To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power."
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