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“Right now, we're living in an ugly chapter of our lives, but books always get better!”
Source : Chris Colfer (2012). “The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell”, p.25, Hachette UK
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“Opportunity seldom come along and knock you on the Head.”
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“The spirit is so near that you can't see it! But reach for it... don't be a jar, full of water, whose rim is always dry. Don't be the rider who gallops all night and never sees the horse that is beneath him.”
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“I have tried and failed to lead a conventional life. When I try to be like other people, I fall out of bed.”
Source : Marian Engel (1985). “The Tattooed Woman”, Markham, Ont. : Penguin Books Canada
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“There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.”
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“What gives me strength is thinking about my children.”
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“The victory of liberalism enables them to sue their victors.”
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“whatever devotion to something else there was in him had been made impure by church taken as a weekly, dutiful thing.”
Source : Kay Boyle, Sandra Whipple Spanier (1988). “Life Being the Best & Other Stories”, p.113, New Directions Publishing
