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“What kind of life a dog . . . acquires. I have sometimes tried to imagine by kneeling or lying full length on the ground and looking up. The world then becomes strangely incomplete; one sees little but legs.”
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“He's going to hurt you," Al said, looking at Pierce. "I can take care of you, teach you to survive. Be there for you, even if you do hate me." I shivered. "I don't want him," I said, and Al turned away, seeming smaller somehow.”
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“The rain begins with a single drop.”
Source : Manal al-Sharif (2017). “Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening”, p.265, Simon and Schuster
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“Timidity puts obstacles in your path, boldness eliminates them.”
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“James Agate, a great critic of the day, advised me that the way to learn your job properly was to learn Shakespeare, so I went to Stratford. It really sorts out the men from the boys.”
Source : "Pieces of me: Donald Sinden", www.theguardian.com. February 4, 2009. 
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“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”
Source : Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2012). “Achingly Alice”, p.129, Simon and Schuster
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“No one will be alive by the last book. In fact, they all die in the fifth. The sixth book will be just a thousand-page description of snow blowing across the graves ...”
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“Deep breaths. I am taking deep breaths. Composure. Which, for me, means composing... Maybe this is my way of creating the illusion of control over something I have no control over. Like, if it's just a story I'm telling or a song I'm singing, then I'll be okay because I'm the guy who's providing the words.”
