"The tighter you squeeze, the less you have." — Thomas Merton

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• I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less… — Paul Auster
• The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
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• A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you. — Margaret Atwood
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• Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if… — Saint Augustine
• I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but… — Marcus Aurelius
• There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves. — Jane Austen
• If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. — Jane Austen

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