“You're born. You live. You go on some diets. You die.”
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“What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life.”
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“To pay flattery their country will bleed.”
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“But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.”
― On Suicide
― On Suicide
“When he asked my grandmother if she would mind being poor, she said she would be happy just to have her daughter and himself: 'If you have love, even plain water is sweet.”
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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