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"You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't."
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"A humanitarian seldom makes a good lover. For a lover's world revolves around their lover, while a humanitarian's world revolves around the world."
"Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing! but I have never been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall. And, without love, I am sure I should be a fool to change such a situation as mine."
"How'd you know he was the one?""I didn't know. I don't think either of us knew."Heather rolled her eyes. "Neal knew - he proposed to you.""It's not like that," Georgie said. "You'll see. It's more like you meet someone, and you fall in love, and you hope that that person is the one - and then at some point, you have to put down your chips. You just have to make a commitment and hope that you're right."
"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."
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"All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold."
"Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography."
"What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself."
"You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed."
"It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read."
"In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game."
"The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule."
"Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society."
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