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Death ends a life, not a relationship.

— Robert Benchley

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  1. Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm …
  2. Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
  3. Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any…
  4. Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
  5. I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.
  6. So who's in a hurry?
  7. It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.
  8. The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

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  • relationships
  • sadness

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