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David Lipsky
“And I think that the ultimate way you and I get lucky is if you have some success early in life, you get to find out early it doesn't mean anything. Which means you get to start early the work of figuring out what does mean something -- David Foster Wallace”
David Lipsky, Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace

James Baldwin
“I can't be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive.”
James Baldwin

André Gide
“He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.”
André Gide

Alice Sebold
“Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living.”
Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

Irvin D. Yalom
“Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.”
Irvin D. Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept

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