The novels that attract me most... are those that create an illusion of transperancy around a knot of human relationships as obscure, cruel and perverse as possible.

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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment. ― bell hooks

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What we think, we become — Buddha

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If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.— Tennessee Williams

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When you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worth while. — Lucy Maud Montgomery

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The observant Jew has his own sense of values. Torah Judaism is his blueprint for this life, his target for existence. - Meir Kahane

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Whoever is happy will make others happy too. — Anne Frank

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Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.— Dalai Lama

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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. — Aesop

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Nothing of value comes without being earned.

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