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"I'd much rather buy an experience than something I can possess in the material world."
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"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

"It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much."

"Light heat all known all white heart breath no sound."

"I've always felt that your belongings have never been on a level with you."

"You don't need extra food, extra water, extra clothing for extra warmth " anything extra. You don't need soap or deodorant. Everything you carry you should need daily."

"There's been a lot written on the topic of minimalism. But I still believe in it."

"I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he must omit. When the mathematician would solve a difficult problem, he first frees the equation of all incumbrances, and reduces it to its simplest terms. So simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real. Probe the earth to see where your main roots run."

"For myself I can say that, having had every good thing that money can buy, an experience like another, I could part without a pang with every possession I have. We live in uncertain times and our all may yet be taken from us. With enough plain food to satisfy my small appetite, a room to myself, books from a public library, pens and paper, I should regret nothing."

"Nurture a desire to be free from the clock."
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"Just remember that those who feel profoundly depressed are those whose happiness is likewise intense. What's so wrong with that?"

"There is nothing wrong with revenge. The wrong has already been done, or there would be no need to even the score."

"Morality and legality have nothing to do with one another. I'm more than fine with breaking a law if it disagrees with my values and morals."

"They say blood is thicker than water. It's also more treacherous, prone to betrayal, full of shit and quite honestly, I wouldn't put much weight into it at all."

"My sadness is beautiful. It infuses everything I do. It is at the core of my identity and always has been, just as happiness is in some people. I refuse to be told that it's a flaw. I will not mute it with medications for the sake of society. I will hold it close to me and celebrate it rightfully while the rest of the world fails to see it for what it is and it will be their loss."
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