"One kind of good book should leave you asking: how did the author know that about me?"

-- Alain de Botton

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“She who only finds her self-esteem In others' admiration, begs an alms; Depends on others for her daily food, And is the very servant of her slaves; Tho' oftentimes, in a fantastic hour, O'er men she may a childish pow'r exert, Which not ennobles but degrades her state.”

Source : Joanna Baillie (1853). “The dramatic and poetical works of Joanna Baillie”, p.27
“Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse.”
“I tend to not use the word "socialist," because even though more young adults in the United States in a poll say they support socialism than do capitalism, the word socialism doesn't have a lot of meaning in this country.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“The history of the Americas is one of constant warfare over salt,”

Source : Mark Kurlansky (2003). “Salt: A World History”, p.136, Penguin
“You were trying to tell me something and I was trying to tell you something else. We didn't trust each other and that was reason enough to make each of us right.”

Source : Elliot Perlman (1999). “The Reasons I Won't be Coming: Stories”, Riverhead Books (Hardcover)
“Getting help for substance abuse can be reduced to the deceptively simple focus of â€˜keeping away from the dope.â€™ But what does getting help with depression mean? Learning to keep away from your own mind?”
“When you see the crooked Warden," said Locke, twisting something in his hands, "tell hi that Lock Lamora learns slowly, but he learns well. And when you see my friends, you tell them that there are more of you on the way.”
“I think we all have a little bit of that beautiful madness that keeps us walking when everything around us is so insanely sane.”

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