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“Never to lie is to have no lock to your door ...”
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“Books are no substitute for living, but they can add immeasurably to its richness.”
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“The result of every one's being in such a hurry to get everywhere was that nobody could get anywhere.”
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“I love you no matter what you do, but do you have to do so much of it?”
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“One of the fascinating paradoxes of being human is that we are inescapably physical beings who yearn for transcendence.”
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“Someone once said that under the bell jar of compliance, the only thing that blooms is rage.”
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“It is a pity that so often the only way to treat girls like people seems to be to treat them like boys.”
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“... she had risen and was walking about the room, her fat, worn face sharpening with a sort of animal alertness into power and protection. The claws that hide in every maternal creature slipped out of the fur of good manners ... ”