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“Knitting is a boon for those of us who are easily bored. I take my knitting everywhere to take the edge off of moments that would otherwise drive me stark raving mad.”
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“Beyond the smiling and the weeping, I shall be soon; Beyond the waking and the sleeping, Beyond the sowing and the reaping, I shall be soon! Love, rest, and home-- Sweet hope! Lord, tarry not, but come!”
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“It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?”
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“Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young.”
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“Heaven to me's a fair blue stretch of sky, Earth's jest a dusty road.”
Source : John Masefield (1925). “Poems by John Masefield”
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“The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.”
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“People may go on talking for ever of the jealousies of pretty women; but for real genuine, hard-working envy, there is nothing like an ugly woman with a taste for admiration.”
Source : Emily Eden (1861). “The Semi-attached Couple”, p.8
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“Instead of expending time to train yourself not to be afraid of snakes, avoid them altogether.”