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Behind every glorious facade there is always hidden something ugly.


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We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. We don't know what to do with other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we can't accept it for what it is.



I hadn't known there were so many idiots in the world until I started using the Internet.

I hadn't known there were so many idiots in the world until I started using the Internet.



Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him.

Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him.



A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.

A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.



Science explains the world, but only Art can reconcile us to it.

Science explains the world, but only Art can reconcile us to it.



The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes.

The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes.



Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way

Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way



Seduced, shaggy Samson snored. She scissored short. Sorely shorn, Soon shackled slave, Samson sighed, Silently scheming, Sightlessly seeking Some savage, spectacular suicide.

Seduced, shaggy Samson snored. She scissored short. Sorely shorn, Soon shackled slave, Samson sighed, Silently scheming, Sightlessly seeking Some savage, spectacular suicide.



If man had more of a sense of humor, things might have turned out differently.

If man had more of a sense of humor, things might have turned out differently.





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Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.



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Because of fear, they made shelter and found food and grew things. For the same reason, weapons were stored, waiting.



If we are free from attachment, we can easily recognize ourselves in other people, in different forms of manifestation, and then we don't have to suffer.

If we are free from attachment, we can easily recognize ourselves in other people, in different forms of manifestation, and then we don't have to suffer.



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You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself. If life teaches you nothing else, know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.



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Sure! Why should any experts be the arbiters... That's like telling someone they can't be a vegetarian.

Sure! Why should any experts be the arbiters... That's like telling someone they can't be a vegetarian.




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