You can choose your friends but you sho’ can’t choose your family, an’ they’re still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge ’em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don’t.
HARPER LEEAny writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it.
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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
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Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
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I do my best to love everybody.
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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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Things are always better in the morning.
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We’re paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple.
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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
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Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it.
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I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you’re working at home they think nothing of walking in for a cup of coffee, but wouldn’t dream of interrupting on the golf course.
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But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.
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