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“The Paris slums are a gathering-place for eccentric people - people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given up trying to be normal or decent. Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behavior, just as money frees people from work.”
― Down and Out in Paris and London
― Down and Out in Paris and London
“One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on.”
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“One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy.”
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“Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.”
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“The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness".”
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