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My experience came before most of you were born.
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You go to a book to have your convictions corroborated.
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Artists, celebrated for their humanity, they turn out to be scarcely human at all.
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The liturgy is best treated and read as if it’s someone announcing the departure of trains.
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Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.
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