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> [“He had left a certain mode of life and chosen another and between that life and this a river ran, as impassable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-goudge/he-had-left-a-certain-mode-of-life-and-chosen-another-and-between/)

[Elizabeth Goudge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-goudge/)

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> [“I wanted very much to be a person of value and I had to ask myself how this could be possible if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-wanted-very-much-to-be-a-person-of-value-and-i-had-to-ask-myself/)

[Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

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> [If I did not see that the Lord kept watch over the ship, I should long since have abandoned the helm. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/if-i-did-not-see-that-the-lord-kept-watch-over-the-ship-i-should-long/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [“I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I'd always known. That all courage was a form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-knew-that-what-i-was-seeking-to-discover-was-a-thing-i-d-always/)

[Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

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> [It was always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals came easily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/it-was-always-himself-that-the-coward-abandoned-first-after-this-all/)

[Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

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