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By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration—and our unwavering determination to withhold our opinion until we have
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“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“This life's dim windows of the soul
Distorts the heavens from pole to pole
And leads you to believe a lie
When you see with, not through, the eye.”
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Distorts the heavens from pole to pole
And leads you to believe a lie
When you see with, not through, the eye.”
―
“Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?"
"For the liveliness of your mind, I did.”
― Pride and Prejudice
"For the liveliness of your mind, I did.”
― Pride and Prejudice
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