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“A crystalline moment shatters, and the world is a different place. Where there was confinement, now there is release. Recoiling from my sudden liberation, my left arm flings downcanyon, opening my shoulders to the south, and I fall back against the northern wall of the canyon, my mind is surfing on euphoria. As I stare at the wall where not twelve hours ago I etched “RIP OCT 75 ARON APR 03,†a voice shouts in my head: I AM FREE!”
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“In the same way that a tornado rips the roof off a double-wide trailer, leaving the occupants dazed and staring at the clouds from the splinters of what used to be their living room, it was over.”
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“Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.”
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“Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.”
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“I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and because I believe that the women's movement is saying that we have come to an edge of history when men - insofar as they are embodiments of the patriarchal idea - have become dangerous to children and other living things, themselves included”
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“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
Source : Albert Camus (1965). “Notebooks, 1942-1951”
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“Aging is not 'lost youth,' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. It's a different stage of life, and if you are going to pretend it's youth, you are going to miss it. You are going to miss the surprises, the possibilities, and the evolution that we are just beginning to know about because there are no role models, no guideposts, and no signs.”
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“There's no buying a greasy breakfast in L.A. - it's all organic juices.”
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“Breakfast is the one meal at which it is permissible to read the paper ...”
Source : Amy Vanderbilt (1954). “Amy Vanderbilt's complete book of etiquette: a guide to gracious living”
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“I love pancakes, and I actually do love healthy stuff. Like, I love gluten-free or whole-wheat pancakes. Breakfast is my favorite meal.”
