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All our stories are simultaneously unique and desperately similar, aren't they?


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The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.

The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.



Because there is no meaning to be found in the arbitrary nature of things., It's all random. Just as space is blue. And birds fly through it.

Because there is no meaning to be found in the arbitrary nature of things., It's all random. Just as space is blue. And birds fly through it.



There is much to be said for solitude.

There is much to be said for solitude.



If there is an abiding theme in 'The Pursuit of Happiness,' it is the idea that you come into the world already shaped by other people's past histories.

If there is an abiding theme in 'The Pursuit of Happiness,' it is the idea that you come into the world already shaped by other people's past histories.



Tragedy is one of the larger prices we pay for being alive. No one ever sidesteps tragedy. It is always there, shadowing us.

Tragedy is one of the larger prices we pay for being alive. No one ever sidesteps tragedy. It is always there, shadowing us.



We all talk about how much we hate lies. Yet we prefer, so often, to be lied to....because it allows us to dodge all those painful truths we'd rather not hear.

We all talk about how much we hate lies. Yet we prefer, so often, to be lied to....because it allows us to dodge all those painful truths we'd rather not hear.



Success is a very fragile veneer. I get wary of people who embrace celebrity. It ruins people.

Success is a very fragile veneer. I get wary of people who embrace celebrity. It ruins people.



Words matter, words have import.

Words matter, words have import.



I want to be a popular novelist who's also serious, or a serious novelist who's also very accessible.

I want to be a popular novelist who's also serious, or a serious novelist who's also very accessible.



I've been known to write on the Underground in London and on the subway in New York. I have two or three cafes in Paris that I go into. I find a corner with a little shade, and I can work.

I've been known to write on the Underground in London and on the subway in New York. I have two or three cafes in Paris that I go into. I find a corner with a little shade, and I can work.





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The only real failure in life is giving up. On looking back let it stand to our credit in life's balance sheet that at least we tried, and tried hard.

The only real failure in life is giving up. On looking back let it stand to our credit in life's balance sheet that at least we tried, and tried hard.




Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a purpose.

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a purpose.



Together we can make a difference and empower communities to be self sufficient.

Together we can make a difference and empower communities to be self sufficient.



I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.

I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.



I dropped all the guards. All the leashes, all the chains, everything that ever restrained me through the discipline and fear of discovery, I let it all go. No need to hide.

I dropped all the guards. All the leashes, all the chains, everything that ever restrained me through the discipline and fear of discovery, I let it all go. No need to hide.



Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.

Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.



Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.

Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.



Everything that I do is limitation and complete intuition. I'm a human being. I'm not a musician. I'm not an entertainer. I don't know anything!

Everything that I do is limitation and complete intuition. I'm a human being. I'm not a musician. I'm not an entertainer. I don't know anything!




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