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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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.

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

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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.

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Home is where your books are.

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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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I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

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As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.

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

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