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I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience.

-Mr Lancaster

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

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She tried to look picturesque but only succeeded in being untidy.

-About Lady Wotton

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

-About Lord Wotton

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

-Lord Henry Wotton

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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To define is to limit.

-Lord Henry Wotton

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one else has the right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

-Lord Henry Wotton

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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George Orwell, 1984

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“You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.”

— Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

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“I learned a lot about being a friend when I was alone.”

— Tigers Jaw - Never Saw It Coming

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— John Steinbeck, from “The Winter of Our Discontent.”

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“Be nice to yourself. It is hard to be happy when someone is being mean to you all the time.”

— Christine Arylo

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I wanted to be where nobody I knew could ever come.

Sylvia Plath, from ‘The Bell Jar’

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“Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didnt know before you learned it.”

— Maya Angelou

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““Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” - Stephen R. Covey”

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““If you tell the truth, you won’t have to remember anything.” - Mark Twain”

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Anne Carson, from “The Glass Essay,” in Glass, Irony, and God

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He could accept without understanding. Once he had seen that a strange thing did no harm, he no longer feared it.

Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2) by Octavia E. Butler