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"The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods."
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."
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"The repressed memory is like a noisy intruder being thrown out of the concert hall. You can throw him out, but he will bang on the door and continue to disturb the concert. The analyst opens the door and says, If you promise to behave yourself, you can come back in."


"Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves."


"In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women."


"The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods."
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