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Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

Stephen Chbosky
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house, a world; and beyond its world a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for you: build, therefore, your own world.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.”
Kurt Vonnegut, Jailbird

Oscar Wilde
“It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind. -Algernon”
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

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