“The ego says, ‘I shouldn’t have to suffer,’ and that thought makes you suffer so much more. It is a distortion of the truth, which is always paradoxical. The truth is that you need to say yes to suffering before you can transcend it.”
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“I do not approach her, I merely skirt the periphery of her existence.... This is the first web into which she must be spun.”
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“Don't let the bastard get drunk. I want to meet him under natural conditions.”
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“the sight of me is good for sore eyes”
― David Copperfield
― David Copperfield
“Far be it from me to keep a woman from her book. That could become dangerous.”
― A Hidden Fire
― A Hidden Fire
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