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He wrote Helen that "a part of adolescence is feeling that there's no one else around you who's enough like yourself to understand you."

— John Irving The World According to Garp (1978)

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You’ve got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

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You can't learn everything you need to know legally.

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Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean—make sure they know what they mean!

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