We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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Life sucks order from a sea of disorder. ~James Gleick
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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