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“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― 1984
― 1984
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Mother Night
― Mother Night
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
― The Garden of Eden
― The Garden of Eden
“He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.”
― Catch-22
― Catch-22
“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
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