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“I hate new gowns — I hate new shoes — I hate new bonnets — I hate any thing new except new — spapers, and I was born reading them.”
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“Images anesthetize. An event known through photographs certainly becomes more real than it would have been if one had never seen the photographs ... But after repeated exposure to images it also becomes less real. ... 'concerned' photography has done at least as much to deaden conscience as to arouse it.”
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“Expectations are resentments waiting to happen.”
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“Murky language means someone wants to pick your pocket.”
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“Enemies are an indication of character.”
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“Babies have no plot.”
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“A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.”
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“Part of getting over it is knowing that you will never get over it.”