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—Is it permitted to differ with Kierkegaard?
—Not only permitted but necessary. If you love him.

— Donald Barthelme Great Days (1979)

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Who among us is not thinking about divorce, except for a few tiny-minded stick-in-the-muds who don’t count?

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Oh, there is nothing better than intelligent conversation except thrashing about in bed with a naked girl and Egmont Light Italic.

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Self-criticism sessions were held, but these produced more criticism than could usefully be absorbed or accomodated.

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The present goal of the individual in group enterprises is to avoid dominance; leadership is felt to be a character disorder.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
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