Because Demian would have demanded more of me than my parents demanded, much more; by means of inducements and admonitions, sarcasm and irony, he would have tried to make me more self-reliant. Demian
He looked at her again, now with the vague abject shyness that older men often have with young women, as though asking their indulgence for no longer being young. The Post Office Girl
Be not unwilling in what thou doest, neither selfish nor unadvised nor obstinate; let not over-refinement deck out thy thought; be not wordy nor a busybody. Book III
Consider nothing impossible, then treat possiblities as probabilities. David Copperfield
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