"But ah! disasters have their use; And life might e'en be too sunshiny..."

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Source : Charles Stuart Calverley (1872). “Fly Leaves”, p.58

Charles Stuart Calverley

#Use Quotes #Might Quotes #Disaster Quotes

“Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.”
“If I had money, I would like to get an old building, have music performances, do lithographs, have shows of paintings, and do those things that I'm interested in doing.”
“My way is set as in stone, and I don't feel the need to veer off any longer. It has taken many days of searching and fighting, but in the end I have found what I was looking for. I have found my way home.”

Source : Patrick Carman (2011). “Stargazer”, p.276, Scholastic Inc.
“I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.”
“Whatever people say I am, I'm not.”
“Like children all over the world, by the age of 10 I'd come to believe that most of the really humane creatures were not really human at all.”

Source : "Andrew O'Hagan on fiction's talking animals". www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2010.
“Real happiness lies in the completion of work using your own brains and skills.”
“I think I'm less afraid of failure than some others.”

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