Great writers are the saints for the godless.
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Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.Anita Brookner
Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.
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Romanticism is not just a mode it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man.
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You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.
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Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.
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Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.
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While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.
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A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.
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