“Succeeding in life is about having that onetime urgency to go for it.”
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“The early women rise before I do. Their lamps splinter the gloom of the kitchens. They chatter in whispers as they brew tea for the cooks. Windows are open to counter the heat of the ovens. Outside, the sky is as black as my soul.”
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
“You know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon...everything's different.”
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“What one must fear, moreover, is not so much the sight of the immorality of the great as that of immorality leading to greatness.”
― Democracy in America
― Democracy in America
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