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"Ah Master Reginald, you've learned your first lesson in life. Unless you were better off where you've been, you're always better off where you are. But no matter where you've been or where you are you'll never know if you'll be better off where you're going."

— J. P. Donleavy The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)

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In a big bowl full of hatred can you ever find a spoonful of love.

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