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Yes: but aren’t love and marriage notoriously synonymous in the minds of most women? Certainly very few men get the first without promising the second: love, that is–if it’s just a matter of spreading her legs, almost any woman will do that for nothing.

Truman Capote

It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
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Jealous Love Person
A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That’s why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
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Conversation Goodness Intelligence Scarcity Talk
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
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Act Bad Goodness Life Play Writing
The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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Law Live Problem Protection
Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.
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Age Children Difficult Luck Past Wisdom Yourself
And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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Breathe Moments Rain
I can see every monster as they come in.
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Monster Myself See
Are the dead as lonesome as the living?
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Dead Live Lonely One Liner Philosophy Spiritual
I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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Care Myself Opinion True
It may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.
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Choice Myself Natural Normal Ordinary
A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.
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Art Magic Mathematics Mystery Science Work
Everybody has to feel superior to somebody,” she said. “But it’s customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.
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Evidence Feeling Present Privilege
Most people don’t find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don’t even know they have great talent.
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Creativity Genius Greatness People Talent
Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.
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Autumn Beginning Myself Season
It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something
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Believe Death Deep End God
Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.
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Greatness Growth Patience Time

Yes: but aren’t love and marriage notoriously synonymous in the minds of most women? Certainly very few men get the first without promising the second: love, that is–if it’s just a matter of spreading her legs, almost any woman will do that for nothing.

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Yes: but aren’t love and marriage notoriously synonymous in the minds of most women? Certainly very few men get the first without promising the second: love, that is–if it’s just a matter of spreading her legs, almost any woman will do that for nothing.

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