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"A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends."
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"Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends."
"Piper: it looks like we have hole. Percy: Yeah we've got a dam hole! (LOL-ing) Piper: What! Percy: Inside joke. (still LOL-ing) Piper: Whatever."
"I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness."
"True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance."
"Friendships founded on laughter are always fortuitous."
"But it does not seem that I can trust anyone,' said Frodo.Sam looked at him unhappily. 'It all depends on what you want,' put in Merry. 'You can trust us to stick with you through thick and thin--to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours--closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo."
"Anna would like you, he thinks, looking into her face. Anna would like you."
"Be the person you would want to be friends with."
"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love."
"Some of my friends who know me best say they wouldn't trade places with me for $1 million because of the pace I lead."
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"Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature."
"There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives."
"All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others."
"When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others or in ourselves, then are we condemned to misery, and clear thinking can begin."
"A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out."
"Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium."
"It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing."
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