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“Words cause pain, they evoke anger, they make us hate, they lead us to war. But they also make us laugh, bring us joy, and satisfying our emotional hungers.”
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“Of course you have to believe in destiny; that everything is sheer chance is an intolerable notion.”
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“Well, how'd we get to talking about our ancestors? People think we don't talk about anything else in Charleston.”
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“Her mind was like a stretch of wet sand, on which all impressions are equally easy to make and equally fugitive.”
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“Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous.”
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“What a ready passport wealth gives its possessor to the good opinions of this world!”
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“... the mode of delivering a truth makes, for the most part, as much impression on the mind of the listener as the truth itself.”
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“Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.”