Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

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And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

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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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Home is where your books are.

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Conflict is the soul of literature.

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

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

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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it.

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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed

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