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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.

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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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