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“With the coming of spring, I am calm again.”
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“"Oh, ancient god, whatever your name," whispered Ahmed. "Help this lost son of a good father, this evil boy who meant no harm but slept in school, ran errands slowly, did not pray from his heart, ignored his mother, and did not hold his family in great esteem. For all this I know I must suffer. But here in the midst of silence, at the desert's heart, where even the wind knows not my name? Must I die so young? Am I to be forgotten without having been?"”
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“I need a new friend. I need a friend, period. Not a true friend, nothing close or share clothes or sleepover giggle giggle yak yak. Just a pseudo-friend, disposable friend. Friend as accessory. Just so I don't feel or look so stupid.”
Source : Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.22, Macmillan
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“You and I are players, God's our coach, and we're playing the biggest game of all. We have a loving God that made us. We need to get on His team. It says in His word, there's only one way to Him and that's through Jesus Christ.”
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“Heroes betray us. By having them, in real life, we betray ourselves.”
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“I feel young, but my body doesn't agree.”
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“God is not looking for gold vessels or silver vessels. He is looking for willing vessels”
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“Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.”
Source : Orison Swett Marden (1907). “The Optimistic Life”
