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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Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.

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

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The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way.

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We cannot bear to regard ourselves simply as playthings of blind chance, we cannot admit to feeling ourselves abandoned.

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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

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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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Nobody is bound by any obligation unless it has first been freely accepted.

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There is no forgiveness in nature.

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