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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“I guess there are never enough books.”
― A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia
― A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia
“The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.”
― Let the Great World Spin
― Let the Great World Spin
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
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“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
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