“Life is rarely about what happened; it's mostly about what we think happened.”
Source: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
“What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power.”
Source: The Cat's Table
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