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There is no folly like the folly of the wise.

Jacqueline Carey

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Jacqueline Carey
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Highland Park
Illinois
Folly
Wise
Wisdom
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It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others
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Happiness is the highest form of wisdom.
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A nervous silence loosens tongues
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This is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike.
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What's the point of being a grown-up if you can't indulge the kid inside you every now and then?
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Nothing spoils idle pleasure like too much awareness
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Those that yield are not always weak
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Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by untasted.
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There are those who are awkward in the face of sorrow, fearing to say the wrong thing to them, I say, there is no wrong in comfort, ever. A kind word, a consoling arm ... these things are ever welcome.
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After you, it's all cheap tequila.
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If you will not die for us, you cannot ask us to die for you.
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Pain redeems all. It is the awareness of life, a reminder of death.
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