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“I was wise enough never to grow up, while fooling people into believing I had.”
― Margaret Mead

“Gossip is never fatal until it is denied.”
― Booth Tarkington

“I want to know everything about you, so I tell you everything about myself.”
― Amy Hempel

“What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.”
― Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook