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Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief, the souvenir of pain.

Beauty Lonely mind Shadow fleeting Never plan
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There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

No mistaking Real book Like falling In love
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There is indeed a heaven on this earth, a heaven which we inhabit when we read a good book.

A heaven This earth We inhabit We read
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The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

The trouble With wedlock Enough wed Much lock
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There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

One rule Good talker Learn To listen
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In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.

Man's heart Secret nerve Answers The vibrations
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A doctor is advertised by the bodies he cures. My business is advertised by the minds I stimulate. And let me tell you that the book business is different from other trades.

A doctor Advertised My business The mind
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Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men.

Living in Bookshop Warehouse Explosive
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The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

The misfortunes Hardest To bear Never came
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That's what this country needs,more books.

Country needs More books
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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

Terrorism The tactic Demanding The impossible
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Chemotherapy isn't good for you. So when you feel bad, as I am feeling now, you think, 'Well that is a good thing because it's supposed to be poison. If it's making the tumor feel this queasy, then I'm OK with it.

Chemotherapy Feel bad Feeling now Good thing
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I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

It's possible To have A sense Tragedy
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Millions of people die every day. Everyone's got to go sometime. I've came by this particular tumor honestly. If you smoke, which I did for many years very heavily with occasional interruption, and if you use alcohol, you make yourself a candidate for it in your sixties.

Million People die Every day Go sometimes
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Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonizing death, but then be reborn to have an agonizing and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, 'Well, good on you. See you there.

The people Who pray Agonizing death Be reborn
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Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy.

Religion Human Make up Our cultural
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I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient.

Sometimes wish Suffering Good cause Risking
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My father had died, and very swiftly, too, of cancer of the esophagus. He was 79. I am 61. In whatever kind of a 'race' life may be, I have very abruptly become a finalist.

My father Had died Very swiftly Of cancer
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I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.
Had some Dark nights Giving in Depression
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The totalitarian, to me, is the enemy - the one that's absolute, the one that wants control over the inside of your head, not just your actions and your taxes.

The totalitarian The enemy That's absolute Wants control
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Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long.

Many people Come through Esophageal cancer Live
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I don't think souls or bodies can be changed by incantation. Or anything else by the way.

Don't think Souls Bodies Be changed
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Well, I'll put it this way: you can certainly say belief in God makes people behave worse. That can be proved beyond a doubt.

Belief In God Makes people Behave worse
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Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centered and even solipsistic.

Cancer Victim hood Permanent temptation Self centered
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For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

The people Ostensibly wish Are worried Immortal soul
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I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows there's no such thing as the Christian world and the Islamic world. That's all crap.

Love it Muslims To war Christian do
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Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

Solidarity An attitude Resistance
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The violence in the Bible is appalling.

The violence The bible Appalling
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I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.

Make preparation To live Die Every day
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Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful.

Watching Husband Father Sexy
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Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers.

The aspirants For president Fool enough To believe
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When we talk about mortality, we are talking about our children.

We talk About morality Our children
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Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

Any fool Be happy A man Real heart
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Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red.

Everybody A book Blood We're opened
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Nothing else wounds so deeply and irreparably. Nothing else robs us of hope so much as being unloved by one we love.

Wounds So deeply Irreparably Hope
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That which is imagined can never be lost.
Is imagined Can never Be lost
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I don't have a lot of regrets about the way I've lived my life. Not because I haven't made mistakes - I've made plenty. But what's the point of regret? You can't undo the past.

Regrets Lived Life Mistakes
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I think the way kids learn most is not by what you say, but by what you do.
Think Kids Learn Say
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I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom.

Like Work Self-esteem Satisfaction
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I want my home to look good, feel good, and smell good. I want it to be inclusive, to reflect the people who live there.

Want Home Look good Feel
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I just want to be a sane person. I wanna be a person who has a life and who acts.

Want Sane Person Life
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I think people are made uncomfortable by uncensored expressions of emotion.

Think People Uncomfortable Emotion
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People confuse fame with validation or love. But fame is not the reward. The reward is getting fulfillment out of doing the thing you love.

People Fame Love Reward
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Most people assume that autistic people are not capable of empathy.

Most people Assume Austic Capable
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I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior.

Like reading Provides Insight Human behavior
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I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it.

Successful Young Opportunities Power
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Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

Relationships Constant Negotiation Balance
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If you do something that you're not genuinely passionate about, it is a little soul-crushing. Just not worth it.

Something Genuinely Passionate Soul-crushing
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I don't know any celebrated people that register in a big way who aren't unique.

Know Celebrated People Register
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Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

Everybody's Business Nobody's
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