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“FORGIVE FAILURE. The corollary to accountability is forgiveness. Things go wrong all the time in relationships, and the healthiest ones move on… — Charlene Li Copy Share Image
“Yes, I am of old family, and not illiterate. I am a fossil." "A which?" "Fossil. The first horses were… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Difficulty of subsistence made the invaders reduce the numbers of the army to a point at which it might live on the… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
“All around, grown men were getting out of cars and shoving at each other like fifteen-year-olds, the bunch of juiced-up, armchair quarterbacks… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“There was a sound like a garbage bag of pudding dropped off a tall building onto a sidewalk. Robert had erupted, chunks… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“Only once in the historical record has a jump on the San Andreas exceeded the jump of 1906. In 1857, near Tejon… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
“He fell in love with a skinny stray cat that would skulk around the dining hall during meals. Every day, Jake would… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“First, love one another very deeply, and don’t be ashamed to express your love openly and often. Also, enjoy one another, and… — Laura Greenwald Copy Share Image
“You think you want love, Mary. You think it is this beautiful gift that does nothing but fill you and make you… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
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Listen. In every office you hear the threads of love and joy and fear and guilt, the cries for celebration and reassurance,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“going to have an industrial society you must have places that will look terrible. Other places you set aside—to say, ‘This is… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
“He is intelligent enough to get a job that would earn him good money, but too clever to want one.” — Helen Smith Copy Share Image
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