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I have struck a city – a real city – and they call it Chicago… I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

Rudyard Kipling

Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears, and so preparing the way for you later on. Sisters are women first, and sisters afterwards; and you will find that you do yourself harm.
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Compliment Hope Praise Reach Sister Woman Yourself
If you can meet success and failure and treat them both as impostors, then you are a balanced man, my son.
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Balance Failure Man Success Yourself
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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Forget History Story Teaching
When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your god like a soldier.
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Brain God Soldier Weapon Woman Wound Yourself
He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Children Heart Himself Reach Reaching World
We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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Lying Sea Understand
Tis beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It’s just IT. Some women will stay in a man’s memory if they once walked down a street.
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Goodness Memories Necessary Talk Walk Woman
We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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Ability End Inspirational Open Possible
Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die.
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City Death Eyes Flower Time
All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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Man Religion Sensible Talk
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
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Lonely Pay Price Privilege Scare Struggle Tribe Yourself
Not getting what you want either means you don’t want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.
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Defeat Enough Karma Pay Price Yourself
At two o’clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to call the sun. And the trees in the Shadow rustle and the trees in the moonlight glisten, And though it is deep, dark night, you feel that the night is done.
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Call Darkness Feeling Morning Nature Night Open Shadow Sun Window Yourself
Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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Advice Deep Fall Past Yourself
Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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Bad Literature Wife
The world is very lovely, and it’s very horrible–and it doesn’t care about your life or mine or anything else.
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Beautiful Horrible Life Love Myself World

I have struck a city – a real city – and they call it Chicago… I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

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I have struck a city – a real city – and they call it Chicago… I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

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