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“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
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“I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.”
― The Anthologist
― The Anthologist
“If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”
― Essays, Letters and Miscellanies
― Essays, Letters and Miscellanies
“A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.”
― A Circle of Quiet
― A Circle of Quiet
“I'm not sure I even need a lover, male or female. Sometimes I think I'd settle for five good friends.”
― 28 Barbary Lane: The Tales of the City Omnibus
― 28 Barbary Lane: The Tales of the City Omnibus
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The Life of a Book Addict
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