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“Oh, it’s nothing, you just have to provide the gosling with food and water and shelter, make him feel loved but don’t pamper him too much, keep him away from danger, and make sure he learns to walk and talk and swim and fly and get along ...more
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“We do know that no one gets wise enough to really understand the heart of another, though it is the task of our life to try.”
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“Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.”
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“Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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“Jesters do oft prove prophets.”
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“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep—it can't be done abruptly.”
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