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People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

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Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

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I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

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I do have a strong sense of an order in the universe. ↗

— Joan Didion

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Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

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Alas, I am dying beyond my means. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Where thou art, that is home. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

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Without gay men, I am nothing. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

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Beauty opened all the doors; it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

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It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements. ↗

— Mary Douglas

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