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Donna Tartt

"Wade straight through life, right through the cesspool, while keeping eyes and heart open."

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"Wade straight through life, right through the cesspool, while keeping eyes and heart open."

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"Nothing could be more wrong than the old cliche that says any religion will do just as long as one is sincere. In no other area of life is there so much error, deception, and charlatanism as in religion."

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"We look back on our life as a thing of broken pieces, because our mistakes and failures are always the first to strike us, and outweigh in our imagination what we have accomplished and attained."

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"A person lives a false life whenever they are afraid to make contact with his or her authentic self. A sensitive ego " one that protects a person from pain " can also prevent a person from maturing mentally and emotionally by causing a person to distort truths and refuse to admit unpleasant facts."

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"There's nothing more beautiful than authenticity. There's nothing stronger than vulnerability. There's no better time than now."

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