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For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, t

For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves. – Marya Mannes

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In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not. – Marya Mannes

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The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. – Marya Mannes

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The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted. – Brendan Behan

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A woman cant be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just cant do it by herself. – Marilyn Monroe

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We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone? – Anna Letitia Barbauld

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Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together. – John Webster

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