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“You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.”
― Annie Proulx

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies