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The tragedy of the man not set up for tragedy—that is every man's tragedy.

The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It's getting them...

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Philip RothAmerican Pastoral

Sometimes I forget that I can hurt you. That you are capable of being hurt

Stupid. Why do people want to pretendthat death is sleep? It isn’t. It isn’t

It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with gu...

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If someone offers you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it. I know that wi...

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He must have stood there for a long time, making a list of all the terrible things he had done—almos...

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