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

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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.

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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.

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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.

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Anger is really disappointed hope

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Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.

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Because I loved myself, I was loved.

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

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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.

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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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