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" Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris. "

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" There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them. "

" Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure. "

" Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over. "

" Self-hatred and self-love are equally self-centered. "

" What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance. "

" Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. "

" The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting. "

" Cynicism is full of naive disappointments. "

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" Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it. "

" Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten. "

" Documents create a paper reality we call proof. "

" Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity. "

" Outside books, we avoid colorful characters. "

" Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem. "

" I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am. "

" Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen. "

" A sense of blessedness comes from a change of heart, not from more blessings. "

" Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind. "

" A blocked path also offers guidance. "

" Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening. "

" I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards. "

" At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly. "

" The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul. "

" Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy. "

" We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues. "

" If I play hard to get, soon the phone stops ringing altogether. "

" Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining. "

" I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am. "

" Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends. "

" In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing. "