Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Laozi

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A writer creates a character as a way to reveal consciousness, increase the flow of meaning. This is how we reply to power and beat back our fear. ― Don DeLillo

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The next time you try to seduce anyone, don't do it with talk, with words. Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.

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I am more interested in your power and freedom than your comfort, and that should be comforting. ― Alan Froggatt

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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. ― Victor Hugo

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The first book I really loved was 'Little Women' - I'd have given anything for Beth to have been allowed to live; I remember crying very much over her death, trying to make the words change just by staring at them. I loved 'Anne of Green Gables,' too; 'What Katy Did;' and 'Peter Pan.' - Helen Oyeyemi

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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.

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Micro-mettle of women is stronger than herculean power of men. ― Mantaranjot Mangat

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I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. ― Kurt Cobain

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If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question? – Lily Tomlin

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