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What is essential does not die but clarifies.


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We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.



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I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.



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My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.



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There is nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head.



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If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.



The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.



Art is not only the desire to tell one's secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time.

Art is not only the desire to tell one's secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time.



If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good

If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good



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Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, every minute?



There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.





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