They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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No one feels good at four in the morning. If ants feel good at four in the morning —three cheers for the ants.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.
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All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.
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Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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We’re extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself.
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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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