"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure."

-- Maya Angelou

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“Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them.”
“I refuse to let the past find me here.”

Source : Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.36, Simon and Schuster
“Because of 'The Birds' and 'Marnie' I was, as the expression goes, hot in Hollywood and producers and directors wanted to hire me.”
“Unfortunately, I've gotten so conditioned, it's hard to sleep past 4 a.m.”
“Start a program for gifted children, and every parent demands that his child be enrolled.”
“Ripe for romance? Is that not only the self-conscious and sensitive young man's way of saying he was heavy with passion? Is not, perhaps, romance only the fiction by means of which the tender-minded negotiate their lust?”

Source : Trevanian (2005). “The Summer of Katya: A Novel”, p.9, Crown
“We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.”
“the stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have i seen so many. i always believed the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, but i was sure of it that night.”

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