“The minute you become conscious that you are doing good, that's the minute you have to stop because from then on it's wrong.”
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“There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.”
― The Diary of Samuel Pepys
― The Diary of Samuel Pepys
“We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.”
― A Woman of Substance
― A Woman of Substance
“I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.”
― No Exit
― No Exit
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