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“Who cares for his causes of complaint? Are you to break your heart to set his mind at ease? No man under heaven deserves these sacrifices from us women. Men! They are the enemies of our innocence and our peace - they drag us away from our parents' love and our sisters' friendship - they take us body and soul to themselves, and fasten our helpless lives to theirs as they chain up a dog to his kennel. And what does the best of them give us in return?”
― The Woman in White
― The Woman in White
“I don’t like this life; but I do it. Like a good girl.”
― Sylvia Plath: Her Drawings
― Sylvia Plath: Her Drawings
“They were careless people ... they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made . . . . ”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.”
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“Work hard, think hard, be honest, and spend little - this will "make common gold".”
― The Humbugs of The World by Barnum, P. T.
― The Humbugs of The World by Barnum, P. T.
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