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Writing fiction is this kind of staring, too. You have to stare at your characters, like you would a stranger on the train, but for much longer than is comfortable for both of you.
“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”
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“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.”
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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols
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