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“The occupational hazard of making a spectacle of yourself, over the long haul, is that at some point you buy a ticket too.”
― Panama
― Panama
“I worried that Harold would someday get a new prescription for his glasses and he'd put them on one morning, look me up and down, and say, "Why, gosh, you aren't the girl I thought you were, are you?”
― The Joy Luck Club
― The Joy Luck Club
“People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.”
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“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“To know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . .”
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
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