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"I write to escape; to escape poverty."
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"Using money in one's attempt to put an end to poverty is like using a border in one's attempt to put an end to xenophobia."

"Poverty is a dish best served with Potato Soup."

"I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty."

"Whether it is big or small, the size of a poor man's yard incessantly reminds him that he is poor."

"Poverty, for me, is synonymous with degradation."

"It is in the best interest of the rich to preserve poverty."
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"The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs."

"Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?"

"It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal."

"I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life."

"Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed."
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