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“Know before whom thou stands. Understand your friends for who they are, not who you wish them to be. Accept them for their flaws as well as their attributes. Turn to them for their strengths, what good stuff they can bring to your life, and forget about the rest. To ask for more only sets you up for failure.”
― Fran Drescher, Enter Whining

“The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.”
― H. P. Lovecraft

“Society is the choice between freedom on someone else’s terms and slavery on yours.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky

“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

“I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.”
― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

“I have learned that to be with those I like is enough”
― Walt Whitman

“What fresh hell is this?”
― Dorothy Parker, The Portable Dorothy Parker

“We sit in the mud, my friend, and reach for the stars.”
― Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

“There are only so many plots in the world. It's how they unfold that makes them interesting.”
― Lauren Beukes, The Shining Girls

“At twenty-nine you can’t waste your time reading.”
― Joanna Russ, The Female Man

“Mr. Wonka: "Don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he wanted."
Charlie Bucket: "What happened?"
Mr. Wonka: "He lived happily ever after.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Identify who you are.
Understand who you are.
Appreciate who you are.
Embrace who you are.

Celebrate who you are.
Enjoy who you are.
Respect who you are.
Love who you are.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“You're all freaks, sir. But you always have been freaks. Life is a freak. That's its hope and glory.”
― Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination