"Only trust me! You have fallen into a fit of despondency and there is not the least need! In fact, nothing could be more fatal, in any predicament! It encourages one to suppose that there is nothing to be done, when a little resolution is all that is wanted to bring matters to a happy conclusion."

-- Georgette Heyer

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“One knows one's madnesses, by and large. By and large the knowledge is vacuous. The notion of naming the beast to conquer it is the idiot optimism of psychotherapy.”
“Hello again, everybody... It's a bee-yoo-tiful day for baseball.”
“A woman can tell me about her having a baby, but I'll never know what it is to have a baby.”
“... it can often be profitable to try a technique on a problem even if you know in advance that it cannot possibly solve the problem completely.”
“It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”

Source : Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt
“The answers to our prayers may not come dramatically, but we must find quiet moments to seek greater light and truth. And when we receive it, it is our responsibility to live it, to share it, and to defend it.”
“Observation is the most enduring of the pleasures of life.”

Source : George Meredith (1897). “Diana of the Crossways: A Novel”, p.129, Wayne State University Press
“A princely mind will undo a private family.”

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