"The attempt is all the wedge that splits its knotty way betwixt the impossible and possible."

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Source : alice cary (1855). “poems”, p.336

Alice Cary

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“We been on the road for 18 hours... I need a bath, some chow... and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies,eh?”
“Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why.”
“The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing.”

Source : Henry Sumner Maine, Sir, J. H. Morgan (2000). “Ancient Law”, p.8, Beard Books
“If the blood of France and of Germany flows again, as it did twenty-five years ago, in a longer and even more murderous war, each of the two peoples will fight with confidence in its own victory, but the most certain victors will be the forces of destruction and barbarism.”
“People think that you're supposed to marry your type well, I didn't marry my type. It's much more practical, and based in a day-to-day existence. So when you have that, and you're happy, and you love her, don't waste time. Because time - and I've learned that at this point in my life - time is my most precious commodity. Nothing is more precious than time. Because when it runs out that's it”
“Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.”
“I always wanted to do something completely different.”
“America's a hard school, I know, but hard schools make excellent graduates.”

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