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To love another person you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.

Quentin Crisp

The more people one has to love, the more one’s capacity to love stretches.
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Capacity More People Love Stretch
I don’t really act. I say the words the way I would say them if I meant them.
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Act Meant Really Say Them Word Would
A fair share of anything is starvation diet to an egomaniac.
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Anything Egomaniac Fair Share Starvation
If I were God – and I never understand why I’m not – I should say, “Shop around, I don’t think you’ll find a better bargain than here.”
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Around Bargain Better Find God Shop Should Think Understand
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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Being Consume Deliberate Desire Hand Human Most Other Person Plant Some
Never sweep. After four years the dirt gets no worse.
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After Dirt Four Get never Sweep Worse Year
I simply haven’t the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
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Being Force Have Imagine Keep never Orbit Planet Revolve Simple Stop Sudden
The search for a life-style involves a journey to the interior. This is not altogether a pleasant experience, because you not only have to take stock of what you consider your assets but you also have to take a long look at what your friends call “the trouble with you.” Nevertheless, the journey is worth making.
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Interior Involve Journey Search Style
When I was young, we thought that Oscar Wilde was a great nobleman who had thrown his life away for love. Nothing could be less true. He slept with East Enders who were procured for him by Lord Alfred Douglas.
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Away Great Life Love Nobleman Oscar Through Throw Wide Young
The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as ‘Soho’ poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent.
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Air Come Diagnosed Genius Grace Have Poverty Soho Suffer
If I have any talent at all, it is not for doing but for being.
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All Being Go Talent
It’s a strange situation, but people will pay your fare to get you to go and tell them how to be happy.
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Build Fare Happy Pay Situation Strange Tell
To lose is not always failure.
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Always Failure Lose
If you don’t stay in some days, you can’t recharge your batteries.
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Battery Day Recharge Shat Some
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
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Appalling Existence Glow Opinion Other Ourselves People Purpose Reconcile Thing Think
The trouble with children is that they’re not returnable.
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Children Returnable Trouble

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