You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.

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Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual.

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The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

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Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be

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I drink to make other people more interesting.

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You must be prepared to work always without applause.

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Live it up so you can write it down.

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I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

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Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.

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Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey

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