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"I began to feel like a kept man and it felt great."
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"Want is always hungry and searching whereas contentment is steady, calm and receiving."
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"He who is happy in his hut is better than he who is miserable in his palace."
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"Better life begins the moment you learn to be content with what you already have."
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"I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence."
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"In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record."
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"The wealth we receive from God will never cause us to weep."
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"Man needs only a small patch of earth for his pleasures, and a smaller one still to rest beneath."
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"I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart."
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"Being satisfied with the little we have; academically, spiritually, financially, ecumenically or otherwise will prevent a lot of problems from coming to us, and our dependence in our abilities and talents will go as far as bringing us satisfaction in life."
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"Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are."
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"There is a blue bird in my heart that wants to get out."
Emotion
"I was alone with myself. And disgusting as I was it was better than being with somebody else, anybody else, all of them out there doing their pitiful little tricks and handsprings."
Emotion
"If you can hit a guy once, you can hit him twice."
Strength
"Her one drink had Cecelia giggling and talking and she was explaining that animals had souls too. Nobody challenged her opinion. It was possible, we knew. What we weren't sure of was if we had any."
Spiritual
"Some people never go crazy. Me, sometimes I'll lie down behind the couch for 3 or 4 days. They'll find me there. It's Cherub, they'll say, and they pour wine down my throat rub my chest sprinkle me with oils. Then, I'll rise with a roar, rant, rage - curse them and the universe as I send them scattering over the lawn. I'll feel much better, sit down to toast and eggs, hum a little tune, Suddenly become as lovable as a pink overfed whale. Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead."
Mental Health
"The lies of centuries, the lies of love,the lies of Socrates and Blake and Christwill be your bedmates and tombstonesin a death that will never end."
Truth
"A yet women -good women- frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep. Basically I craved prostitutes, base women, because they were deadly and hard and made no personal demands. Nothing was lost when they left. Yet at the same time I yearned for a gentle, good woman, despite the overwhelming price."
Relationship
"Aboutour argument tonightwhatever it wasaboutand no matterhow unhappyit made usfeelremember thatthere is acatsomewhereadjusting to thespace of itselfwith a delightfulwonderment ofeasiness.in other wordsmagic persistswithout usno matter whatwe doagainst it."
Magic
"Sometimes a man must fight so hard for life that he doesn't have time to live it."
Survival
"That's what kills a man: lack of change."
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