"Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for those who write their names in the lives of others, and hold the hearts of others as the treasure most dear."

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Source : Orson Scott Card (2009). “Children of the Mind”, p.202, Macmillan

Orson Scott Card

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“I regard food as fuel. I am not a brunch person.”
“People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.”
“I always say wear what makes you feel most confident, and confidence doesn't always come over night.”

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“Music's exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.”
“It is infamy to die, and not be missed.”

Source : Carlos Wilcox (1828). “Remains of the Rev. Carlos Wilcox ...: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.207
“There is nothing so cleansing or reassuring as a vicarious sadness.”

Source : David Rakoff (2010). “Half Empty”, p.198, Anchor
“The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness.”
“I agree that we should work and prolong the functions of life as far as we can, and hope that Death may find me planting my cabbages, but indifferent to him and still more to the unfinished state of my garden.”

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