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“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.”
― Katharine Hepburn, Me: Stories of My Life

“Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”
― Ben Franklin

“There was never a bad peace or a good war.”
― Ben Franklin

“Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening, and Selected Stories

“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“I cannot live without books.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“Spending time with you showed me what I’ve been missing in my life.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Choice

“To keep your secret is wisdom, but to expect others to keep it is folly.”
― Samuel Johnson