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“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“There was no harm in taking aim, even if the target was a dream.”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace

“You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.”
― Vandana Shiva

“I certainly have not the talent which some people possess, of conversing easily with those I have never seen before.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice