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Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime—if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only be the start of something more—was more revitalizing than the cheap thrills of a cookie-cutter shallow, superficial romance, where the top priority was how beautiful a person was on the outside.

Jess C. Scott

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The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words. Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within the mirror, the author can see fragments of an objective reality that comprise the physical universe, social communities, political dynamics, and other facets of human existence. Looking in certain other corners of the same mirror, he or she may experience glimpses of a True Self sheltered deftly behind a mask of public proprieties.

Aberjhani

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One of my rules is never to look sideways at what other people are doing but instead, do what I feel is right.

Annie Bryant

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To love another human in all of her splendor and imperfect perfection , it is a magnificent task...tremendous and foolish and human.

Louise Erdrich

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In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us.

Henri J.M. Nouwen

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The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same—dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits—the repetition through the ages is comedy.

Dawn Powell

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Books are ... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print.

Barbara W. Tuchman

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Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.

Orson Scott Card

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Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).