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It's hard enough to go through life disappointing yourself every second day, but disappointing others takes it out of you too. That's why you should never answer the phone or the door. So you don't have to say no to whoever's on the other side.

— 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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Sometimes I think the human animal doesn't really need food or water to survive, only gossip.

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Cancer thrives on broken hearts; it is a vulture waiting for you to give up on human warmth.

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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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The thing that makes a man go crazy isn't loneliness or suffering after all - it's being kept in a state of perpetual dread.

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