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“We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.”

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Erica Jong is a renowned American author, born on March 26, 1942. Her works, focusing on female perspectives and sexual liberation, have gained widespread popularity. Her representative works include 'How to Be a Woman'. more

“Yes," he said. "I am sure. I double-checked everything after you went home yesterday. I even made a few improvements, just in case." The first part of that reassured her. The second part... not so much. "What kind of improvements?" "Oh, nothing, really. Mostly just streamlining. You really did very well; I certainly don't want you to think that I am one of those people who has to be in control all the- Oh, well, I suppose that's actually true- I do have to be in control all the time. But only because I am in charge, of course.”

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Book:Ghost Town: The Morganville Vampires

Source: Ghost Town: The Morganville Vampires

“He started to touch the mechanism under the keyboard, then pulled his hand back with a snap. "Ah," he said. "Must deactivate the security....Turn around, please." "What?" "Turn around, Claire. It's a secure password!" "You have GOT to be kidding." "Why ever would I joke about that? Please turn.”

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Book:Ghost Town

Source: Ghost Town

“Am I, or the others crazy?”

Crazy

Author:Albert Einstein

“Take care. -If you do not speak- I shall claim you as my own in some presumptuous way. -Send me away at once, if I must go; -Margaret!-”

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Author:Elizabeth Gaskell

“The sadness of the world has different ways of getting to people, but it seems to succeed almost every time.”

People World Way Different Seems Sadness Succeed Different Ways

Author:Louis-Ferdinand Celine

“Love is like liquor, the drunker and more impotent you are, the stronger and smarter you think yourself and the surer you are of your rights.”

Thinking Love Is Rights Stronger Smarter Liquor Love Is Like

Author:Louis-Ferdinand Celine

“Why is it every other person you meet says they're an artist? A real artist doesn't need to gas on about it, he doesn't have time. He does his work and sweats it out in silence, and no one can help him at all.”

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Book:The Paris Wife: A Novel

Source: The Paris Wife: A Novel

“Whatever you describe to another person is also a revelation of who you are and who you think you are. You can not describe anything without betraying your point of view, your aspirations, your fears, your hopes. Everything.”

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Author:James A. Baldwin

“People fall in love all the time. And it's not always with the right people. And it's not always reciprocated.”

People Fall Falling In Love

Book:The Peach Keeper: A Novel

Source: The Peach Keeper: A Novel

“when you lose your sails, row.”

Loses Sail

Book:The Beach Trees

Source: The Beach Trees

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