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Don't rely too much on labels, for too often they are fables

... when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.

You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.