To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?
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He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of an inarticulate lifetime.
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When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say.
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Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
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