People will kill you. Over time. They will shave out every last morsel of fun in you with little, harmless sounding phrases that people uses every day, like: 'Be realistic! '" (2009)]

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This is a great quote by the late, great Christopher Hitchens. When people get to know you, they will realize that you are not one of them. Some people will try to change who you are in order for them to fit in. If they manage to do this without you noticing, they will slowly wear away at the part of you that is who you are.

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