Dominique (who, like other Catamount girls, had a cache of pills for every occasion) offered me a bennie- Benzedrine?- to elevate my spirits. Adamantly I told her, No thanks! I wanted to face what's called reality with my eyes open. I've made that a principle for my life. Sometimes I wonder if this has been a wise decision. Joyce Carol Oates
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In the movie, "The Graduate," one of the main characters, played by Dustin Hoffman, is a graduate who doesn't want to take any drugs. In the words of Hoffman, he said, “I've made that a principle for my life. Sometimes I wonder if this has been a wise decision.” After all, how much time do you spend worrying about the future and what’s going to happen? We can spend all that time trying to avoid pain or we can fight it head on.

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