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Humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer.

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Language, she said, was just our way to explain away the wonder and glory of the world. To deconstruct. To dismiss. She said people can't deal with ho...more

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It's pathetic how we can't live with the things we don't understand. How we need everything labeled and explained and deconstructed. Even if it's for ...more

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The truth is, immigrants tend to be more American than people born here.

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By the time you're thirty, your worst enemy is yourself.

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Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any goal. I'm so smart ...more

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To Mr. Jones, she said, imagine you're looking up at a blue sky, and imagine a tiny airplane skywriting the letter Z. Then let the wind erase the lett...more

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After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less about living and more about waiting.