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“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein

“Literature is greater than any of us, dammit.”
― Romain Gary

“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“Never laugh at live dragons.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien