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“No beating of her wings, however frenzied, can save her child a single pain, she cannot even make it happy, cannot ward off the bitterness of life's experiences as the child grows older. No mother-love can keep away death — not that death is terrible, but the dying often is.”
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“... this mysterious thing, artistic talent: the key to so much freedom, the escape from so much suffering.”
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“It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis.”
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“... the realization of great mutual love can at times be so overwhelming a thing, that even the bravest of hearts may grow fearful.”
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“Every person, to the extent that he is neurotic, is like an airplane directed by remote control.”
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“I should warn you that, aside from being unattractive, therapy is also very expensive. You and your man will have to decide how you are going to pay for the sessions. Should it be the one who's 'craziest'? the one who's 'richest'? the 'eternal loser'? your parents? (Often a popular choice.)”
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“All religions upon the earth are necessary because there are people who need what they teach. ... Each church fulfills spiritual needs that perhaps others cannot fill. No one church can fulfill everybody's needs at every level.”
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“The telephone exercises a terrible tyranny on most of us.”