In love, no question is ever preposterous.

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André Brink

Never say ‘no’ to adventures. Always say ‘yes,’ otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life.

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Ian Fleming

I’ve been homesick for countries I’ve never been, and longed to be where I couldn’t be.

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John Cheever

Life, for people, begins to crumble on the edges; they don’t realize it.

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Dorothea Lange

There’s something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.

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Jamaica Kincaid

The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even—if you will—eccentricity.

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Joseph Brodsky

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

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Margaret Fuller

It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

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Alexander Pope

All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path.

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Sigrid Undset