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“The woman was sane; she accepted the heavy penalties of reality and enjoyed its gifts also.”
― I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
― I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
“How beautiful the world is, and how ugly labyrinths are,' I said, relieved.
'How beautiful the world would be if there was a procedure for moving through labyrinths,' my master replied.”
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'How beautiful the world would be if there was a procedure for moving through labyrinths,' my master replied.”
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“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
― Man and Superman
― Man and Superman
“Night came, but unattended with repose.
Alone she came, no sleep their eyes to close.
Alone and black she came; no friendly stars arose.”
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Alone she came, no sleep their eyes to close.
Alone and black she came; no friendly stars arose.”
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“At Oxford he learned that the importance of human beings has been vastly over rated by specialists.”
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