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“You are fettered," said Scrooge, trembling. "Tell me why?"
"I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost. "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.”
― A Christmas Carol
"I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost. "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.”
― A Christmas Carol
“You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.”
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“What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.”
― On the Road
― On the Road
“those who escape hell
however
never talk about
it
and nothing much
bothers them
after
that.”
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however
never talk about
it
and nothing much
bothers them
after
that.”
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“My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.”
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