All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact that every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.

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Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.

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To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises.

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We cannot bear to regard ourselves simply as playthings of blind chance, we cannot admit to feeling ourselves abandoned.

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Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead.

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Nobody is bound by any obligation unless it has first been freely accepted.

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When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.

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When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it.

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At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist.

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The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention.

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