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Career criminals and philosophers have a surprising amount in common - they are both at odds with society, they both live uncompromisingly by their own rules, and they both make really lousy parent figures.

— Steve Toltz A Fraction of the Whole (2008)

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The denial of death rushes people into an early grave, and if you are not careful, they will take you with them.

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I think that's the real loss of innocence: the first time you glimpse the boundaries that will limit your own potential.

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