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Literature deeply stands opposed to the dominant value system-the one that rewards money and power. Writers are on the other side-they make us sympathetic to ideas and feelings that are of deep importance but can’t afford airtime in a commercialized, status-consciou s, and cynical world.

Alain de Botton

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Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.
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There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.
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