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“There is a great difference between a gift given freely, and one that's meant to tie you to a man.” Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear
“God may grant us gifts, but the merit of being able to take and hold them must be our own. Alas for the boons that slip through unworthy hands!” Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World
“Love sought is good, but given unsought better.” William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
“Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.” Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
“love can be obtained by begging, buying, receiving it as a gift, finding it in the street, but it cannot be stolen.” Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have but that he—for some reason— thinks it would be a good idea to give them.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“beware how you give your heart.” Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

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