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So, now I shall talk every night. To myself. To the moon. I shall walk, as I did tonight, jealous of my… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
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Fear is the destructive energy in man. It withers the mind, it distorts thought, it leads to all kinds of extraordinarily clever… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Josh Billings said, It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. Human beings… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
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On my chest I can feel you resting. I see you going through life and stressing, but understand we're in God's class… — Raghib Clitso Copy Share Image
Clever man is a chicken; it can fly, but a little. Genius, on the other hand, is a migratory bird; it can… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
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I say let me never be complete, I say may I never be content,I say deliver me from Swedish furniture, I say… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Post-wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
The majority never has right on its side. Never, I say! That is one of these social lies against which an independent,… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
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I can assure you that there is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. You learn that… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
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