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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone.


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The Mexican...is familiar with death. [He] jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it. It is one of his favorite toys and his most steadfast love.

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Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival.



Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.



To love is to battle, to open doors, to cease to be a ghost with a number forever in chains, forever condemned by a faceless master; the world changes if two look at each other and see.

To love is to battle, to open doors, to cease to be a ghost with a number forever in chains, forever condemned by a faceless master; the world changes if two look at each other and see.




A flower without a stem, is beauty waiting to die. A heart without love, is a tear waiting to cry.

A flower without a stem, is beauty waiting to die. A heart without love, is a tear waiting to cry.



Love is not a desire for beauty; it is a yearning for completion.

Love is not a desire for beauty; it is a yearning for completion.



A civilization that denies death ends by denying life.

A civilization that denies death ends by denying life.



Every moment is nothing without end.

Every moment is nothing without end.



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What kind of shapeshifter has orange fur anyway?" "Weredingo." Now I'd seen everything. Well, at least he didn't steal my baby.

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If you learn to set a good sail, the wind that blows will always take you to the dreams you want, the income you want, and the treasures of mind, purse, and soul you want.



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Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people.



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Women will work out their destinies — much better, too, than men can ever do for them. All the mischief to women has come because men undertook to shape the destiny of women.



The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit - a spirit that demands self-expression .

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