There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.

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At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist.

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Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead.

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When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it.

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I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on.

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If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

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Behind everything we feel, there is always a sense of fear.

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All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact that every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.

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When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.

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To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises.

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