"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."
-Truman Capote
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"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make."
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"Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends."
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"A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet."
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"Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go."
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"Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself."
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-Robert Frost
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"Without music, life would be a mistake."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
-George Bernard Shaw
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"Where there is love there is life."
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"I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?"
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"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
-George Bernard Shaw
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