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“Women, like men, ought to have their years so glutted with freedom that they hate the very idea of freedom.”

“It is incredible how essential to me you have become. I suppose you are accustomed to people saying these things. Damn you, spoilt creature; I shan't make you love me any the more by giving myself away like this — But oh my dear, I can't be clever and stand-offish with you: I love you too much for that. Too truly. You have no idea how stand-offish I can be with people I don't love. I have brought it to a fine art. But you have broken down my defences. And I don't really resent it.”

“A man and his loves make a man and his life.”

“It is quite true that you have had infinitely more influence on me intellectually than anyone, and for this alone I love you.”

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"The Octavius Winslow Archive"

— Octavius Winslow

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#success

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— Alain de Botton

Literature1969

#love

"You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail."

— Charlie Parker

Music1920–1955

#knowledge

"Did anybody ever come back from the dead, any single one of the millions who got killed, did any one of them ever come back and say by god I’m glad I’m dead because death is always better than dishono…"

— Dalton Trumbo

Literature1905–1976

#death