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"Straightforwardness intimidates people. They prefer the veneer, despite what they claim."
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"Shug say, What, too shamefaced to put singing and dancing and fucking together? She laugh. That's the reason they call what us sing the devil's music. Devils love to fuck."
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"Tibby sat on the outside of a group of kids in the film program. There was a lot of dark clothing and heavy footwear, and quite a few piercings glinting in sunlight. They had invited her to sit with them while they all finished up their lunches before film seminar. Tibby knew that they had invited her largely because she had a ring in her nose. This bugged her almost as much as when people excluded her because she had a ring in her nose."
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"We...we could be friends.'We COULD be rare specimens of an exotic breed of dancing African elephants, but we're not. At least, I'M not."
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"When you're on a Ferris wheel all anyone ever talks about is being on the Ferris wheel and the view from the Ferris wheel and whether the Ferris wheel is scary and how many more times it will go around. Dating is like that. Nobody who's doing it ever talks about anything else. I have no interest in dating."
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"Some people are so boring that you are more bored when you are with them - than when you are alone."
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"We must tell the world that even though we elected a bigot, bigotry will not prevail."
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"It was as if my whole life revolved around trying to judge the appropriate point in a conversation to say goodbye."
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"They should be going to sleep, but good company is the enemy of sleep."
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"Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others."
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"Four days, eight days, twelve days passed, and he was invited to teas, to suppers, to lunches. They sat talking through the long green afternoons - they talked of art, of literature, of life, of society and politics. They ate ice creams and squabs and drank good wines."
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"Powerful words that penetrate the psyche are not forgotten while silence is."
Communication
"You're sad but you hold everything back..."
Emotion
"The air is cold and dusk has descended. In the distance lightning flickers and a far away rumble of thunder awakens my thoughts and makes me remember."
Reflection
"You don't build a family by tearing down another one."
Family
"Joy " in the fall, winter, and always in the mountains where people are few, wildlife is abundant and there is peace in the quiet."
Nature
"She may be crazy but at least she isn't you."
Humor
"Speaking of happiness, those distinctive moments are found outdoors " in the fall, in the winter and always in the mountains where people are few, wildlife is abundant and there is peace in the quiet."
Nature
"Followers, followers. Sometimes, with some things, it's best to keep your tally down."
Influence
"Why weren't we born in the same era?" he lamented. She eased past him neither here nor there, looked over her shoulder and whispered, "How mundane and cliche would that be?"
History
"I have a deep appreciation for anything that challenges my morality. I tend to wonder which thing or person might overpower my beliefs and would I avoid it altogether in order to say, "It didn't conquer me," or would I accept the challenge head-on in an attempt to prevail? Which requires greater courage?"
Philosophy
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