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The Sandcastle

by Iris Murdoch

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A Third Kind of Madness

by Christiane Knight (Goodreads Author)

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Velma’s Quotes

“[Alcohol] cures everything, except for stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

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“If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.”
― Friedrich von Schiller

tags: art

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“Critique by creating.”
― Michelangelo Buonarroti

tags: creativity, criticism

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“There will never come a time when I will be able to resist my emotions.”
― Louise Erdrich, Tales of Burning Love

tags: emotion, stoicism

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“Just because life's meaningless doesn't mean we can't experience it meaningfully.”
― Glen Duncan, The Last Werewolf

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