Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

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Because I loved myself, I was loved.

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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.

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We are finally driven to monogamy not by morality but by exhaustion.

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We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars.

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The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.

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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.

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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.

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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.

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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.

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