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“Every instinct that is found in any man is in all men. The strength of the emotion may not be so overpowering, the barriers against possession not so insurmountable, the urge to accomplish the desire less keen. With some, inhibitions and urges may be neutralized by other tendencies. But with every being the primal emotions are there. All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.”
― The Story of My Life
― The Story of My Life
“Nothing external to you has any power over you.”
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“To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.”
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“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”
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“My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures have become clearer and stronger with advancing years, and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them.”
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Cozy Mysteries
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From the Jazz Age to the Jet Age, we love stories about romance, cocktails, speakeasies, hot jazz, and nightlife. We read fiction & non-fiction, as lo ...more
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