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> [No encounter occured that day, and I was glad of it; I took out of my pocket a little Homer I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-gide/no-encounter-occured-that-day-and-i-was-glad-of-it-i-took-out-of-my/)

[Andre Gide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-gide/)

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> [“But then I realized that in losing the pain I had lost a lot of other things as well. Emotion isn’t one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanna-peach/but-then-i-realized-that-in-losing-the-pain-i-had-lost-a-lot-of-other/)

[Hanna Peach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanna-peach/)

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> [“The heart is delighted by the first, The other makes the mind go numb; Happiness and gloom like twins, Holding the hands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neelam-saxena-chandra/the-heart-is-delighted-by-the-first-the-other-makes-the-mind-go-numb/)

[Neelam Saxena Chandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neelam-saxena-chandra/)

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> [ When we numb \[hard feelings\], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/when-we-numb-hard-feelings-we-numb-joy-we-numb-gratitude-we-numb/)

[Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/)

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> [The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leni-riefenstahl/the-applause-was-so-loud-and-insistent-that-i-had-to-respond-with/)

[Leni Riefenstahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leni-riefenstahl/)

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