[My novel] took up the ...

[My novel] took up the sweetest part of my mind and the rarest part of my imagination; it was like being in love and better. All day long when I was busy [...], I had my unfinished novel personified almost as a secret companion and accomplice following me like a shadow wherever I went, whatever I did.
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Neurotics are awfully quick to notice other people's mentalities ...
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From my experience of life I believe my personal motto should be: 'Beware of any man bringing flowers.
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No mind should submit their mind to another mind He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still -- that's my motto. I won't be brainwashed.
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Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance.
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Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.
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