All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.
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Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
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Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.
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Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.
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In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.
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Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.
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Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
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We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.
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