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- Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
- I assemble my ideas in pieces on a computer file, then gradually find a place for them on a piece of scaffolding I erect.
- We are presented with an unpleasant choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of consoling,…
- What we find exotic abroad may be what we hunger for in vain at home.
- One of our major flaws, and causes of unhappiness, is that we find it hard to take note of appreciate and be grateful for what…
- If we are inclined to forget how much there is in the world besides that which we anticipate, then works of art are perhaps a…
- Let death find us as we are building up our matchstick protests against its waves.
- Every fall into love involves the triumph of hope over self-knowledge. We fall in love hoping we won't find in another what we know is…
- He was marked out by his relentless ability to find fault with others' mediocrity--suggesting that a certain type of intelligence may be at heart nothing…
- The assumption is that life doesn't need to be navigated with lessons. You can just do it intuitively. After all, you only need to achieve…
- To be loved by someone is to realize how much they share the same needs that lie at the heart of our own attraction to…
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