"You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect."

-- Barbara Bush

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“Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.”
“Stars. Trees breathe in starlight year after year, and it goes deep into their bones. So when you cut a tree open, you smell a hundred years' worth of light. Ancient starlight that took millions of years to reach earth. That's why trees smell so beautiful and old.”

Source : Frances O'Roark Dowell (2013). “Where I'd Like To Be”, p.35, Simon and Schuster
“I canâ€™tâ€”â€ Lena repeated. â€œI canâ€™t do it. I canâ€™t live without him.â€ Sara gently pulled her hand away from Jaredâ€™s. She smoothed down the sheet, tucked it in close around his side. She looked at Lenaâ€”really looked at her straight in the eye. â€œGood,â€ Sara told her. â€œNow you know how it feels.”
“It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone.”
“"Be Prepared." "Be prepared for what?" "Why, for any old thing."”
“You never know what show is going to change your life.”
“Rock 'n' roll smells phony and false. It is sung, played and written, for the most part, by cretinous goons. And, by means of its almost imbecilic reiteration, and sly, lewd and in plain fact, dirty lyrics ... it manages to be the martial music of every side-burned delinquent on the face of the earth.”
“What if my greatest disappointments, or the aching of this life, is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy?”

Source : Laura Story (2012). “What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops: A 30 Day Devotional”, p.12, Worthy Publishing

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