"All my life I have said, "Whatever happens there will always be tables and chairs"--and what a mistake."

-- Elizabeth Bowen

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“Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development”
“As the day comes to a close and we review what we have tried to do, again there should be that sense of committing everything to God.”
“She gave me a pledge card, a card promising an annual gift of $5, $10, or $25 toward the support of the Unity mission. I filled it out under the hot light of the projector. The name and address spaces were much too short, unless you wrote a very fine hand or unless your name was Ed Poe and you lived at 1 Elm St.”

Source : Charles Portis (2007). “The Dog of the South”, p.72, The Overlook Press
“Love is the doorway through which the human soul passes from selfishness to service.”
“There is no situation that could ever confront you that cannot be solved. Life takes on real meaning when you set values for yourself, regard yourself as worthwhile and elevate your thoughts to things that are of God-good. There is a Higher Power. Turn to it and use it; it is yours for the asking.”
“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
“There's a simple, but oft-neglected lesson here: to sustain success, you have to be willing to abandon things that are no longer successful.”

Source : Gary Hamel (2012). “What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation”, p.115, John Wiley & Sons
“Remember that people come and go, and of all the people in your life, you are the one who is there to stay. You are the one who can choose to love yourself, choose to respect yourself, and promise with all your heart and soul that you will never leave you.”

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