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“I see that there will be no end to imperfection, or to doing things the wrong way. Even if you grow up, no matter how hard you scrub, whatever you do, there will always be some other stain or spot on your face or stupid act, somebody frowning.” Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
“I promise nothing complete; because any human thing supposed to be complete, must for that very reason infallibly be faulty.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
“a certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Works that have a certain imperfection to them have an appeal for that very reason” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.” Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
“how much needless despair has been caused by a series of biological mismatches, a misalignment of the hormones and pheromones? Resulting in the fact that the one you love so passionately won’t or can’t love you. As a species we’re pathetic...” Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
“And I pray thee now tell me, for which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?” William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
“The need for government in these respects arises because absolute freedom is impossible. However attractive anarchy may be as a philosophy, it is not feasible in a world of imperfect men.” Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom
“Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our intellects.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“But men are men; the best sometimes forget:” William Shakespeare, Othello

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