You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.

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The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.

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The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

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All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

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Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.

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Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.

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It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.

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Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.

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Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

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A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.

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