It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.
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Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.Anais Nin
Someone told me the delightful story of the crusader who put a chastity belt on his wife and gave the key to his best friend for safekeeping, in case of his death. He had ridden only a few miles away when his friend, riding hard, caught up with him, saying 'You gave me the wrong key'
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Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
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The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it early.
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Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
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There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.
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