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“Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me.”
― The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
― The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
“I am not, and never was, and never could have been, a brutal scoundrel.”
― Lolita
― Lolita
“She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity.”
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“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
― Requiem for a Nun
― Requiem for a Nun
“There is such a powerful eloquence in silence. True genius is knowing when to say nothing, to allow the experience, the moment itself, to carry the message, to say what needs to be said. Words are less important, less effective than feeling. When you can sit in perfect silence with someone, you truly know how to communicate.”
― Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations
― Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations
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Creation - Gore Vidal
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