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" In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners. "
Mason Cooley
Love
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" Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it. "
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" Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference. "
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" If the world would apologize, I might consider a reconciliation. "
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" Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run. "
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" In psychoanalysis, only the fee is exactly what it seems to be. "
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" In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing. "
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" Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out. "
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" To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little. "
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" Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty. "
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" Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises. "
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" Rereading, we find a new book. "
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" Eternity eludes us, even as a thought. "
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" Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want? "
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" The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past. "
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" Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it. "
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" Conscious thought is the tidying up at the end. "
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" Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise. "
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" At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly. "
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