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I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.

Susan Sontag

All my life I’ve been looking for someone intelligent to talk to.
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Intelligent Life Talk
The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now the life that one wishes.
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Live Old Oneself Recognition
Self-respect. It would make me lovable. And it’s the secret to good sex.
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Goodness Myself Secret Self Sex
Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims.
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Blame Evil Identify Need
I want to be able to be alone, to find it nourishing – not just a waiting.
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Myself Solitude Wait
The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions.
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Destroy History
whatever doesn’t kill you leaves scars.
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Kill Scars Yourself
No ‘we’ should be taken for granted when the subject is looking at other people’s pain.
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Pain People
Kindness, kindness, kindness. I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.
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Kindness Prayer
Being in love means being willing to ruin yourself for the other person.
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Love Person Ruin Willing
I’m only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation.
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People Transformation
Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.
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Attention Connection Inspirational Pay
Art is a form of consciousness.
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Art Consciousness One Liner
To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt.
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Moments Mortal Person Photograph Time
Wherever people feel safe – they will be indifferent.
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Different People Safe
In the valley of sorrow, spread your wings.
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Inspirational Sad Sorrow Wings

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