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A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things, but how we see them.

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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory he should never venture to lie.

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.

In nine lifetimes you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.

In nine lifetimes you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.

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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.

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