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Captivating. a few social sentiments about the "right time" to say something, courage, purity and atonement i feel are outdated if not senseless, but as Sensei says himself, they are from a different time and generation (and Japan), so of course we f
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“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.”
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“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
“Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.”
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