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" I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being. "

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" I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society. We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it? "

" If ever I expected to come face to face with an angry Christian fundamentalist, it wasn't in FAO Schwarz. "

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" I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity. "

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Measure Of A Man

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" I am the freest author in the world. "

" Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them. "

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" The middle class is so funny, it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny. "

" I'm an emotional person. "