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“We were bullied, broken, built up, bronzed and polished. We grew dull, dusty, doubtful, dark, and forgetful. Yet we still know that we can…

— Antonia Perdu

“they were, perhaps, so unwearyingly fond of good things not least because they could, when put to it, do without them, and could survive…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“So we liked to speak our minds, but not our hearts. Too bad, because sometimes people needed to hear that. A whole mess of…

— Mina V. Esguerra

“It is a pity that every one of us desires greatness yet not many of us know what to do with our time.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“There was something about people who were that secure; they made you feel better about yourself, like they accepted you for everything you were,…

— Sandhya Menon

“There is nothing that so satisfactorily unites individuals who have been so unfortunate as to quarrel amongst themselves as a strong mutual dislike for…

— P.G.Wodehouse

“As I have always both offered and desired peace so that I might devote myself to quieter and more useful studies, and have stormed…

— Martin Luther

“Listening to him, I realized how lucky I was not to have had a wonderful childhood. Those who do, or those who peak in…

— Jonathan Carroll

“He'd read that once in everyone's life there was somebody who touched a spot so deep, so precious, that the mind always retreated, in…

— Anonymous

“You, too!" it seemed to say, "you, too, shall taste of that peace and that unrest in a searching intimacy with your own self…

— Joseph Conrad

“I envied his inspiration, his optimism in focusing back on the painful but glorious days. They were caring days, when we knew what we…

— Bao Ninh

“No matter what anyone says, we all care, to a certain extent, how others view us. We may not care what everyone thinks of…

— Alison G. Bailey