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I am anything I wish to be. The world cannot choose for me. No, it is for me to choose what the world shall be.

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Angus Wilson

All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape.

Feet, Gratification, Power, Pride, Self, Though
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Envy has the ugliness of a trapped rat that has gnawed its own foot in its effort to escape.

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The novelist must be his own most harsh critic and also his own most loving admirer and about both he must say nothing.

Admirer, Harsh, Loving, Novelist, Novelists, Writing

The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times.

Hero, Opportunity, People, Times, Weak, World

People are able to live with only half a heart, to live without real compassion, because they are able to use words that are only forms.

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Life isn't just to be found, you have to work for it.

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