"Habit with him was all the test of truth; It must be right: I've done it from my youth."

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Source : 'The Borough' (1810) Letter 3 'The Vicar' l. 138

George Crabbe

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“Yes I am finally hanging up my boots for good,”

Source : "Manchester United's Paul Scholes retires for second time at 38", www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2013.
“Just because something isn't practical doesn't mean it's not worth creating. Sometimes beauty and real-life magic are enough.”

Source : Stephanie Perkins (2014). “Lola and the Boy Next Door”, p.133, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“Preventive Maintenance: Don't start today by doing yesterday's work.”
“Living as an actor is rather like living life on the trapezes in a circus. Every time you jump on, you have to pray that, when the time comes for you to jump off, there is another trapeze swinging your way.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 21, 2013
“When he held her that way, she felt so happy that it disturbed her. After he left, it would take her hours to fall asleep, and then when she woke up she would feel another onrush of agitated happiness, which was a lot like panic. She wished she could grab the happiness and mash it into a ball and hoard it and gloat over it, but she couldn't. It just ran around all over the place, disrupting everything.”

Source : Mary Gaitskill (2012). “Because They Wanted To: Stories”, p.91, Simon and Schuster
“It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world”
“One of the things you learn when you go overseas is how much a lot of the countries overseas really just like to enjoy life.”

Source : "Chris Paul Looks Good in a Suit (and Not Just for an NBA All-Star): Q&A". Interview with Matt Sullivan, www.esquire.com. April 13, 2009.
“When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.”

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