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People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness.

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Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown
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Gate Glorious Railway Terminal Unknown
Don’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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Mysterious The Time
My temple stands not upon Mount Moriah but in the Elysian Field where even the immoral are admitted. My motto is ‘Lord, I disbelieve – help thou my unbelief.
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Admit Country Disbelieve Motto People Person Stand Temple Unbelief
The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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Died Grief Kind Plot Queen Story
I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I’d like to be.
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Down Irritate Like Paper People Person Think Three Type
Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.
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Evil Makem Goodness Readable Sense Writer
It isn’t possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.
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Art Ignore Love Muddle never Oull Out Possible Transmute
Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time – beautiful?
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Beautiful Indelicate Most Notice People Same Thing Time Yet
The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.
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Emotion Endless Express May More Way
I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
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Brave Coward Hurtbrave People Rather
When you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I.
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Back Come May You
Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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Adventure Occur Punctually
There are moments when the inner life actually ‘pays,’ when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use.
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Actual Conduct Inner Life Moment Motive Pay Scrutiny Self Suddenly Use Year
Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.
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Appropriate Consider Give Life Movement never Us Want
We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm – yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.
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Cast Follow Good Move Place Save Shadow Something Stand Thing
I won’t be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.
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Choose Insult Lady Myself Protect Right Shield

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness.

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