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“I believe there is a great deal too much mutual confession going on today, as if sharing one’s problems somehow makes them go away. All it really does, of course, is increase the number of people who have to worry about a particular issue.”
― Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

tags: humor, major-pettigrew-s-last-stand

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“But it's not enough to be in love. It's about how you spend your days, what you do together, who you choose as friends, and most of all it's what work you do ... Better to break both our hearts now than watch them wither away over time.”
― Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

tags: love, relationship

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“The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.”
― Carlos Castaneda

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“To oppose something is to maintain it.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

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“...I tell myself it does not matter what one reads--favorite authors, particular themes--as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books.”
― Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

tags: books, reading

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