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Quote by Elizabeth Bowen
Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly

Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone. – Elizabeth Bowen

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The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Very few people are original. Theres very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone. – Susan Powter

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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. – Henrik Ibsen

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You cant walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values. – Peter Abrahams

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