"It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the belief that a child exists to satisfy our wants."

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"I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it."

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"Envy, bleating 'I'm as good as you', is the hotbed of Fascism."

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"A man in loss is not a man to trust."

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"The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept."

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"If you would wish another to keep your secret first keep it yourself."

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"Surrender everything to God."

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"I'd heard you were dead."I heard you wear a red lace corset, I said matter-of-factly. "But I don't believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about."

Patrick Rothfuss, Australian Athlete

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"Trust thyself only and another shall not betray thee."

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"What harm does lying cause? One loses people's trust. And once one loses trust, he becomes worthless."

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