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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.
Life - how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.
Some writers thrive on the contact with the commerce of success; others are corrupted by it. Perhaps, like losing one's virginity, it is not as bad (or as good) as one feared it was going to be.
The Canadian spirit is cautious,... (more V. S. Pritchett quotes)
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