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“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”
― Gravity’s Rainbow
― Gravity’s Rainbow

“People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately.”
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“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
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“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.”
― The Holy Bible: King James Version
― The Holy Bible: King James Version
“If everyone helps to hold up the sky, then one person does not become tired.”
― Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs
― Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs

“It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their partner, even if that is not true.”
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“Lady Wisdom will be your close friend; and Brother Knowledge will be your pleasant companion.”
― The Holy Bible: King James Version
― The Holy Bible: King James Version

“Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathers’ chances of not being left by our mothers, or vice versa.”
― The Use and Misuse of Children
― The Use and Misuse of Children

“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.”
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“Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not need or even want them or it.”
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“The most upsetting thing about Society’s attitude towards disabled people is that many millions of disabled people became disabled while trying to please Society, the very same bitch that secretly regards them as subhuman.”
― The Use and Misuse of Children
― The Use and Misuse of Children
“She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.”
― The Holy Bible: King James Version
― The Holy Bible: King James Version

“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.”
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“We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days … or hours.”
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“We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they hate us.”
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“Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead.”
― Across the Great Barrier
― Across the Great Barrier

“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words

“Most sane human beings who are over the age of six usually act or react not as per what they genuinely feel or really think but in accordance with the expectations of those around them.”
― The Use and Misuse of Children
― The Use and Misuse of Children

“Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
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