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happiness. If we’re in charge, then we have only ourselves to blame. We could fail, and then it would be our fault.
“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.”
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“Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.”
― Ethics
― Ethics
“My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.”
― The Taming of the Shrew
― The Taming of the Shrew
“If I didn't care for fun and such,
I'd probably amount to much.
But I shall stay the way I am,
Because I do not give a damn.”
― Enough Rope
I'd probably amount to much.
But I shall stay the way I am,
Because I do not give a damn.”
― Enough Rope
“His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. Later he became conscious of his damaged wings and of their construction and he learned to think and could not fly any more because the love of flight was gone and he could only remember when it had been effortless.”
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