Revenge: it's a dream of flames fueled by scorched remains that are lit to a torch and brought back upon the one who burned you.
Life is a learned skill, but instead of teaching it, our culture force-fills developing minds with long division and capital cities__ntil, at the end of the mandatory period of bondage that__ hyperbolically called school, we__e sent into the world knowing little about it. And so, left on our own to figure out the most important parts of life, we make mistakes for years until, by the time we__e learned enough from our stumbling to be effective human beings, it__ time for us to die.
The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships
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Life is a learned skill, but instead of teaching it, our culture force-fills developing minds with long division and capital cities__ntil, at the end of the mandatory period of bondage that__ hyperbolically called school, we__e sent into the world knowing little about it. And so, left on our own to figure out the most important parts of life, we make mistakes for years until, by the time we__e learned enough from our stumbling to be effective human beings, it__ time for us to die.
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