"The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“The best kind of writing, and the biggest thrill in writing, is to suddenly read a line from your typewriter that you didnt know was in you.”
“It was only later that I suffocated under the weight of his arguments, and his darker thoughts articulated. It was only later that our tongues produced landslides, that we become caught in the cracks between what we said and what we meant, until we could not find each other, did not trust the words in our own mouths.”

Source : Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.152, Pan Macmillan
“I'd rather be real and hated, than fake and loved.”
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”
“So, in our wisdom and fair justice we go on "Giving to dust that is a little gilt, More laud than gold e'er dusted;" proclaiming the merits of the bad wine, and making it, by every token, as enticing as we can; and blessing our stars that the good will be found out by its flavor "without our stir." As it is inestimable, we seek not to win esteem for it; as it is beyond all praise, we bestow no praises upon it.”

Source : "Sketches from Life, Vol. 1-2". Book by Laman Blanchard, Wiley & Putnam, "That Good Wine Needs No Bush", 1846.
“[The Internet,] A Superhighway through the Wasteland?”
“Imperfections make you more beautiful.”
“What is it with girls?â€ Elliot said, splitting a smile between us. â€œI swear, Iâ€™ve never known a girl who could go to the bathroom alone.â€ He leaned forward and grinned conspiratorially. â€œLet me in on the secret. Seriously. Iâ€™ll pay you five bucks each.â€ He reached for his back pocket. â€œTen, if I can come along and see what the big deal is.”

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