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“For although a man is judged by his actions, by what he has said and done, a man judges himself by what he is willing to do, by what he might have said, or might have done—a judgment that is necessarily hampered, not only by the scope and limits of his imagination, but by the ever-changing measure of his doubt and self-esteem.”
― Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries

“If home can't be where you come from, then home is what you make of where you go.”
― Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries

“Solitude is a condition best enjoyed in company.”
― Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries

“Money is a burden, a burden most keenly felt by the poor.”
― Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries