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“Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French…” quote by Dave Eggers — Download Open image

“Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French or collecting scarves.”

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The only infallible truth of our lives is that everything we love in life will be taken from us.

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...You can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.

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Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting.

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