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I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends to become a writer can afford to indulge in it. You can't get it into shape; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.

— Katherine Mansfield

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I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

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I want, by understanding myself, to understand others.

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