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One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.

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There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos.
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The other damned saw what was happening and caught hold of it too. She was indignant and cried, “Let go-it’s my onion,” and as soon as she said, “my onion,” the stalk broke and she fell back into the flames.
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Aziz winked at him slowly and said: “…There are many ways of being a man; mine is to express what is deepest in my heart.
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Let yourself go. Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them.
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